--- title: Leviticus 13:56 (JPS 1917) — And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the was… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof. Who acts: priest, 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, 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:366 # text = And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 behold behold INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 be be AUX VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 washing washing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 rend rend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 warp warp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 out out ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 woof woof NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 23 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** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the priest | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | the plague | | | | after the washing | dim *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rend** | shall | priest | plague | | the garment or the skin or the warp or the woof | then | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} וְאִם֮ רָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵן֒ וְהִנֵּה֙ כֵּהָ֣ה הַנֶּ֔גַע אַחֲרֵ֖י הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס אֹת֑וֹ וְקָרַ֣ע אֹת֗וֹ מִן־הַבֶּ֙גֶד֙ א֣וֹ מִן־הָע֔וֹר א֥וֹ מִן־הַשְּׁתִ֖י א֥וֹ מִן־הָעֵֽרֶב׃ [Leviticus 13:56: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.56/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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