--- title: Leviticus 13:30 (JPS 1917) — then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appear… · tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. Who acts: priest, appearance. 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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:340 # text = then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. 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 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 behold behold INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 advcl _ _ 20 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 26 be be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 29 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 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 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 56 . . 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 | | | | then | on the plague | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on plague=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | the appearance | | | | | than the skin; deep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | the appearance *not said here* | yellow thin hair | | plague; there | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pronounce** | shall | the priest | hair | | | then | unclean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 5 | **is a** | present | appearance | a scall | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | appearance | leprosy | | | | of the head or the beard | 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} וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְהִנֵּ֤ה מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ עָמֹ֣ק מִן־הָע֔וֹר וּב֛וֹ שֵׂעָ֥ר צָהֹ֖ב דָּ֑ק וְטִמֵּ֨א אֹת֤וֹ הַכֹּהֵן֙ נֶ֣תֶק ה֔וּא צָרַ֧עַת הָרֹ֛אשׁ א֥וֹ הַזָּקָ֖ן הֽוּא׃ [Leviticus 13:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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