--- title: Leviticus 14:18 (JPS 1917) — And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put up… · tree and pragmatics description: And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD. Who acts: oil, 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 (oil, 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:387 # text = And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 acl:relcl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 cleansed cleanse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 33 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the oil | | | the priest's hand | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | shall | priest | the rest of the oil | | the head of ear | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme upon head=Destination | | 3 | **cleanse** | present · passive | priest *not said here* | the head of ear | | | | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **make** | shall | the priest | atonement | | | before the LORD | for ear | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for he=Beneficiary | 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} וְהַנּוֹתָ֗ר בַּשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַכֹּהֵ֔ן יִתֵּ֖ן עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַמִּטַּהֵ֑ר וְכִפֶּ֥ר עָלָ֛יו הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 14:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:387` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Leviticus 14:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.386/) - next →: [Leviticus 14:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.388/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.18/)