--- title: Leviticus 13:31 (JPS 1917) — And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days. Who acts: priest, appearance, black hair. 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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, black hair), 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:341 # text = And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 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 40 advcl _ _ 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 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 behold behold INTJ UH _ 22 discourse _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 be be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 31 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | 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 the plague of the scall | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on plague=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | the appearance | | | | | than the skin; deep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | present | no black hair in appearance | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **shut up** | shall | the priest | hair | | | then; day | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **have** | present | | the plague of the scall | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plague=Patient | | 6 | **plague** | | | the scall | | | | | nom plague «state transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **plague** | | | the scall | | | | | nom plague «state transitive»: of=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} וְכִֽי־יִרְאֶ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־נֶ֣גַע הַנֶּ֗תֶק וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵין־מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ עָמֹ֣ק מִן־הָע֔וֹר וְשֵׂעָ֥ר שָׁחֹ֖ר אֵ֣ין בּ֑וֹ וְהִסְגִּ֧יר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־נֶ֥גַע הַנֶּ֖תֶק שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃ [Leviticus 13:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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