--- title: Leviticus 14:31 (JPS 1917) — even such as his means suffice for, the one for a sin-offering, and… · tree and pragmatics description: even such as his means suffice for, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. Who acts: means, 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 (means, 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:400 # text = even such as his means suffice for, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. 1 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 5 case _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 means means NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 nsubj _ _ 6 suffice suffice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ _ 24 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 30 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 37 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 cleansed cleanse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **suffice** | present | priest's means | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | shall | the priest | atonement | | | | for ear | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **cleanse** | present · passive | the priest *not said here* | | | | before the LORD | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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} אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־תַּשִּׂ֞יג יָד֗וֹ אֶת־הָאֶחָ֥ד חַטָּ֛את וְאֶת־הָאֶחָ֥ד עֹלָ֖ה עַל־הַמִּנְחָ֑ה וְכִפֶּ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן עַ֥ל הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 14:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:400` 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 14:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.399/) - next →: [Leviticus 14:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.401/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 14:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.31/)