--- title: Leviticus 13:39 (JPS 1917) — then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the… · tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean. Who acts: priest, bright spots, spot. 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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, bright spots, spot), 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:349 # text = then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean. 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 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tetter tetter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | shall | the priest | | | | then | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the bright spots in the skin of rising's flesh | | | | | white *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | spot | a tetter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **break out** | present · perfect | spot | | | the skin | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in skin=Location | | 5 | **is** | present | priest | | | | | 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} וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם בֶּהָרֹ֖ת כֵּה֣וֹת לְבָנֹ֑ת בֹּ֥הַק ה֛וּא פָּרַ֥ח בָּע֖וֹר טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ס [Leviticus 13:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.39/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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