--- title: Leviticus 14:7 (JPS 1917) — And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the lepro… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field. Who acts: 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 (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:376 # text = And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sprinkle sprinkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 cleansed cleanse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **sprinkle** | shall | priest | | | | time | upon Moses | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon he=Destination | | 2 | **cleanse** | present · passive | priest *not said here* | | | the leprosy | | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **pronounce** | shall | priest *not said here* | priest | | | | clean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 4 | **let** | shall | priest *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | priest *not said here* | the living bird | | the open field | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme | 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} וְהִזָּ֗ה עַ֧ל הַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר מִן־הַצָּרַ֖עַת שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְטִ֣הֲר֔וֹ וְשִׁלַּ֛ח אֶת־הַצִּפֹּ֥ר הַֽחַיָּ֖ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ [Leviticus 14:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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