--- title: Leviticus 1:5 (JPS 1917) — And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD; and Aaron's sons, the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and dash the blood round about against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting. Who acts: LORD, sons, altar. 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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 (LORD, sons, altar), 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:4 # text = And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and dash the blood round about against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting. 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 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 dash dash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 round round ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 about about ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **kill** | shall | LORD | the bullock | | | before the LORD | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullock=Theme | | 2 | **present** | shall | Aaron's sons | the blood | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 3 | **dash** | infinitive | Aaron's sons *not said here* | the blood | | | | against the altar; about, round *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent blood=Instrument against altar=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | the altar | | | the door | | of the tent of meeting | 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} וְשָׁחַ֛ט אֶת־בֶּ֥ן הַבָּקָ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְ֠הִקְרִיבוּ בְּנֵ֨י אַהֲרֹ֤ן הַֽכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וְזָרְק֨וּ אֶת־הַדָּ֤ם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ סָבִ֔יב אֲשֶׁר־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ [Leviticus 1:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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