--- title: Leviticus 13:34 (JPS 1917) — And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, beho… · tree and pragmatics description: And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 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:344 # text = And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 behold behold INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 conj _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 50 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 56 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 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** | shall | the priest | | | | day | on the scall | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on scall=Theme | | 2 | **not** **spread** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | the scall | | the skin | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in skin=Destination | | 3 | **not** **is** | infinitive | the appearance | | | | | than the skin; deep *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **pronounce** | shall | the priest | scall | | | then | clean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 5 | **wash** | shall | priest | priest's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | priest *not said here* | | | | | clean *property* | 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} וְרָאָה֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֜תֶק בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וְ֠הִנֵּה לֹא־פָשָׂ֤ה הַנֶּ֙תֶק֙ בָּע֔וֹר וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ אֵינֶ֥נּוּ עָמֹ֖ק מִן־הָע֑וֹר וְטִהַ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְכִבֶּ֥ס בְּגָדָ֖יו וְטָהֵֽר׃ [Leviticus 13:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.34/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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