--- title: Leviticus 14:48 (JPS 1917) — And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague h… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. Who acts: priest, plague. 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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, plague), 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:417 # text = And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 7 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 behold behold INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 plastered plaster VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 because because SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** *a condition, not said to happen* | shall | the priest | | | | | | 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 | **not** **spread** | present · perfect | the plague | | | the house | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 4 | **plaster** | past · passive | | the house | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **pronounce** | shall | the priest | the house | | | then | clean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 6 | **heal** | present · passive | | the plague | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: 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} וְאִם־בֹּ֨א יָבֹ֜א הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְרָאָה֙ וְ֠הִנֵּה לֹא־פָשָׂ֤ה הַנֶּ֙גַע֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת אַחֲרֵ֖י הִטֹּ֣חַ אֶת־הַבָּ֑יִת וְטִהַ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת כִּ֥י נִרְפָּ֖א הַנָּֽגַע׃ [Leviticus 14:48: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.48/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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