--- title: Leviticus 13:13 (JPS 1917) — then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered… · tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague; it is all turned white: he is clean. Who acts: priest, leprosy. 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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 (priest, leprosy), 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:323 # text = then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague; it is all turned white: he is clean. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 behold behold INTJ UH _ 22 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 34 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | shall | the priest | | | | then | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **cover** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | the leprosy | leprosy's flesh | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flesh=Destination | | 3 | **pronounce** | shall | priest | leprosy | | | | clean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 4 | **have** | present | | the plague | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plague=Patient | | 5 | **turn** | present · passive | | plague | | | | all, white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | priest | | | | | clean *property* | tree rules | 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} וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֨ה כִסְּתָ֤ה הַצָּרַ֙עַת֙ אֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֔וֹ וְטִהַ֖ר אֶת־הַנָּ֑גַע כֻּלּ֛וֹ הָפַ֥ךְ לָבָ֖ן טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ [Leviticus 13:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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