--- title: Leviticus 13:28 (JPS 1917) — And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the s… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim, it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burning. Who acts: bright spot, spot, 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, spot, 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:338 # text = And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim, it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burning. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 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 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 rising rising NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 scar scar NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 advcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the bright spot | | | spot's place | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 2 | **not** **spread** | infinitive · passive | the bright spot *not said here* | | | the skin | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: in skin=Location | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | the bright spot *not said here* | | | | | dim *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | spot | the rising | | | | of the burning | tree rules | | 5 | **pronounce** | shall | the priest | hair | | | | clean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 6 | **is a** | present | spot | the scar | | | | of the burning | 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} וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ תַעֲמֹ֨ד הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת לֹא־פָשְׂתָ֤ה בָעוֹר֙ וְהִ֣וא כֵהָ֔ה שְׂאֵ֥ת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן כִּֽי־צָרֶ֥בֶת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה הִֽוא׃פ [Leviticus 13:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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