--- title: Leviticus 13:17 (JPS 1917) — and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turn… · tree and pragmatics description: and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. Who acts: 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 (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:327 # text = and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 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 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | shall | the priest | | | | | on leprosy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme | | 2 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | the plague | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **pronounce** | shall | the priest | leprosy | | | then | 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 | **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} וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ הַנֶּ֖גַע לְלָבָ֑ן וְטִהַ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֖גַע טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃פ [Leviticus 13:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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