--- title: Leviticus 14:44 (JPS 1917) — then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague b… · tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house: it is unclean. Who acts: priest, house. 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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 (priest, house), 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:413 # text = then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 behold behold INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 malignant malignant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | shall | the priest | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **spread** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | the plague | | the house | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in house=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | present | house | a malignant leprosy | | the house | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | house | | | | | unclean *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} וּבָא֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְרָאָ֕ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּשָׂ֥ה הַנֶּ֖גַע בַּבָּ֑יִת צָרַ֨עַת מַמְאֶ֥רֶת הִ֛וא בַּבַּ֖יִת טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃ [Leviticus 14:44: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.44/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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