--- title: Leviticus 13:37 (JPS 1917) — But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up… · tree and pragmatics description: But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Who acts: scall, 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 (scall, 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:347 # text = But if the scall stay in its appearance, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 therein therein ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 scall scall NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 25 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 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the scall | | | skin's appearance | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in appearance=Location | | 2 | **grow up** | infinitive · passive | | black hair | | | | therein *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **heal** | present · passive | | the scall | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | scall | | | | | clean *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **pronounce** | shall | the priest | scall | | | | clean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | 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־בְּעֵינָיו֩ עָמַ֨ד הַנֶּ֜תֶק וְשֵׂעָ֨ר שָׁחֹ֧ר צָֽמַח־בּ֛וֹ נִרְפָּ֥א הַנֶּ֖תֶק טָה֣וֹר ה֑וּא וְטִהֲר֖וֹ הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ס [Leviticus 13:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.37/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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