--- title: Leviticus 13:4 (JPS 1917) — And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the ap… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days. Who acts: bright spot, appearance, priest. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bright spot, appearance, priest), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:LEV:314 # text = And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 18 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ 22 than than ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 33 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | the bright spot | | | the skin of priest's flesh | | white *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | the appearance | | | | | than the skin; deep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **turn** | infinitive · passive | | the hair | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **shut up** | shall | the priest | hair | | | then; day | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **have** | present | | the plague | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plague=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְאִם־בַּהֶרֶת֩ לְבָנָ֨ה הִ֜וא בְּע֣וֹר בְּשָׂר֗וֹ וְעָמֹק֙ אֵין־מַרְאֶ֣הָ מִן־הָע֔וֹר וּשְׂעָרָ֖ה לֹא־הָפַ֣ךְ לָבָ֑ן וְהִסְגִּ֧יר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֖גַע שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃ [Leviticus 13:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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