--- title: Leviticus 3:6 (JPS 1917) — And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD… · tree and pragmatics description: And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD be of the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. Who acts: offering, Aaron. 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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 (offering, Aaron), 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:38 # text = And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD be of the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 advcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 without without ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 blemish blemish NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | Aaron's offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD | | | | | of the flock | tree rules | | 2 | **offer** | shall | Aaron | offering | | | | without blemish | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | | Aaron | | | | | for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | | 4 | **sacrifice** | | | peace offerings unto the LORD | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: of=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} וְאִם־מִן־הַצֹּ֧אן קָרְבָּנ֛וֹ לְזֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים לַיהוָ֑ה זָכָר֙ א֣וֹ נְקֵבָ֔ה תָּמִ֖ים יַקְרִיבֶֽנּוּ׃ [Leviticus 3:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.3.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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