--- title: Leviticus 13:25 (JPS 1917) — then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the… · tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of 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, appearance), 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:335 # text = then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 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 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 22 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 conj _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ _ 53 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | shall | the priest | | | | then | upon spot | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon it=Theme | | 2 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | the hair in the bright spot | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | the appearance | | | | | than the skin; deep *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | appearance | leprosy | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **break out** | present · perfect | appearance | | | the burning | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in burning=Location | | 6 | **pronounce** | shall | the priest | hair | | | | unclean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 7 | **is a** | present | appearance | the plague | | | | of leprosy | 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 אֹתָ֣הּ הַכֹּהֵ֡ן וְהִנֵּ֣ה נֶהְפַּךְ֩ שֵׂעָ֨ר לָבָ֜ן בַּבַּהֶ֗רֶת וּמַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ עָמֹ֣ק מִן־הָע֔וֹר צָרַ֣עַת הִ֔וא בַּמִּכְוָ֖ה פָּרָ֑חָה וְטִמֵּ֤א אֹתוֹ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן נֶ֥גַע צָרַ֖עַת הִֽוא׃ [Leviticus 13:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:335` 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 13:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.334/) - next →: [Leviticus 13:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.336/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 13:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.25/)