--- title: Leviticus 14:9 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. Who acts: it, 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 (it, 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:378 # text = And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 shave shave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 csubj _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 off off ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 eyebrows eyebrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 shave shave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 39 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 56 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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 | **is** | shall | it | | | | on the seventh day | | tree rules | | 2 | **shave** | shall | priest | priest's hair | | | | off priest's head and priest's beard and priest's eyebrows | tree rules | | 3 | **shave off** | shall | priest | priest's hair *not said here* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 4 | **wash** | shall | priest | priest's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 5 | **bathe** | shall | priest | priest's flesh | | | | in water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent flesh=Destination in water=Theme | | 6 | **is** | shall | 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} וְהָיָה֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י יְגַלַּ֣ח אֶת־כָּל־שְׂעָר֗וֹ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֤וֹ וְאֶת־זְקָנוֹ֙ וְאֵת֙ גַּבֹּ֣ת עֵינָ֔יו וְאֶת־כָּל־שְׂעָר֖וֹ יְגַלֵּ֑חַ וְכִבֶּ֣ס אֶת־בְּגָדָ֗יו וְרָחַ֧ץ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֛וֹ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָהֵֽר׃ [Leviticus 14:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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