--- title: Leviticus 13:21 (JPS 1917) — But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs t… · tree and pragmatics description: But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. Who acts: priest, white hairs, boil. 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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, white hairs, boil), 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:331 # text = But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 look look VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 be be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 18 therein therein ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 conj _ _ 25 than than ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the priest | | | | | on boil | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Theme | | 2 | **does** | present | no white hairs | | | there | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | infinitive | boil | | | | | than the skin; low *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | boil *not said here* | | | | | dim *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **shut up** | shall | the priest | hair | | | then; day | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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} וְאִ֣ם ׀ יִרְאֶ֣נָּה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ שֵׂעָ֣ר לָבָ֔ן וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה אֵינֶ֛נָּה מִן־הָע֖וֹר וְהִ֣יא כֵהָ֑ה וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃ [Leviticus 13:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:331` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Leviticus 13:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.330/) - next →: [Leviticus 13:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.332/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.21/)