--- title: Leviticus 13:55 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, beh… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without. Who acts: priest, plague, thou, bareness. 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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, plague, thou, bareness), 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:365 # text = And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 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 , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 behold behold INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fret fret NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 bareness bareness NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 within within ADV RB _ 49 advcl _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 without without ADV RB _ 55 conj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | shall | the priest | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **wash** | present · passive | | the plague | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **not** **change** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | the plague | plague's colour | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | | 4 | **not** **spread** | infinitive · passive | | the plague | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | plague | | | | | unclean *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **burn** | shall | thou | plague | | the fire | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | present | plague | a fret | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | the bareness | | | | | within *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} וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְ֠הִנֵּה לֹֽא־הָפַ֨ךְ הַנֶּ֤גַע אֶת־עֵינוֹ֙ וְהַנֶּ֣גַע לֹֽא־פָשָׂ֔ה טָמֵ֣א ה֔וּא בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶ֑נּוּ פְּחֶ֣תֶת הִ֔וא בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ א֥וֹ בְגַבַּחְתּֽוֹ׃ [Leviticus 13:55: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.55/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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