--- title: Leviticus 13:43 (JPS 1917) — Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of t… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh, Who acts: priest, rising, plague. 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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, rising, plague), 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:353 # text = Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh, 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 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rising rising NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 20 reddish reddish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ _ 22 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 22 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 | upon hair | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon he=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | the rising of the plague | | | hair's bald head as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh or hair's bald forehead | | white *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rise** | | the plague | | | | | | nom rising «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וְרָאָ֨ה אֹת֜וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה שְׂאֵת־הַנֶּ֙גַע֙ לְבָנָ֣ה אֲדַמְדֶּ֔מֶת בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ א֣וֹ בְגַבַּחְתּ֑וֹ כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה צָרַ֖עַת ע֥וֹר בָּשָֽׂר׃ [Leviticus 13:43: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.43/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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