--- title: Leviticus 13:36 (JPS 1917) — then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spre… · tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair: he is unclean. Who acts: priest, scall. 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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, scall), 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:346 # text = then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair: he is unclean. 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 _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 35 . . 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 scall | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme | | 2 | **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** **seek** | shall | the priest | | | | | for the yellow hair | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for hair=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | scall | | | | | unclean *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} וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּשָׂ֥ה הַנֶּ֖תֶק בָּע֑וֹר לֹֽא־יְבַקֵּ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר הַצָּהֹ֖ב טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃ [Leviticus 13:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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