--- title: Leviticus 15:3 (JPS 1917) — And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh ru… · tree and pragmatics description: And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. Who acts: this, flesh, issue, man. 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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 (this, flesh, issue, man), 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:429 # text = And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 uncleanness uncleanness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 issue issue NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 issue issue NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 issue issue NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 uncleanness uncleanness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is** | shall | this | | | man's uncleanness | | man's issue *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | present | man's flesh | | | | | with flesh's issue | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with issue=Material | | 3 | **stop** | infinitive · passive | | flesh's flesh | | flesh's issue | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from issue=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | present | issue | flesh's uncleanness | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **issue** | | man | | | | | | nom issue «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **issue** | | flesh | | | | | | nom issue «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **issue** | | flesh | | | | | | nom issue «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְזֹ֛את תִּהְיֶ֥ה טֻמְאָת֖וֹ בְּזוֹב֑וֹ רָ֣ר בְּשָׂר֞וֹ אֶת־זוֹב֗וֹ אֽוֹ־הֶחְתִּ֤ים בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ מִזּוֹב֔וֹ טֻמְאָת֖וֹ הִֽוא׃ [Leviticus 15:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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