--- title: Leviticus 15:6 (JPS 1917) — And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he that hath the issue sat… · tree and pragmatics description: And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. Who acts: flesh. 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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 (flesh), 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:432 # text = And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sitteth sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 whereon whereon ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 issue issue NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 29 until until ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 even even NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 16 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 | **sit** | present | | | | any thing | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on thing=Location | | 2 | **have** | present | | the issue | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent issue=Patient | | 3 | **sit** | past | flesh | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wash** | shall | flesh | flesh's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 5 | **bathe** | infinitive | flesh *not said here* | flesh | | | | in water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination in water=Theme | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | flesh *not said here* | | | | until the even | 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} וְהַיֹּשֵׁב֙ עַֽל־הַכְּלִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־יֵשֵׁ֥ב עָלָ֖יו הַזָּ֑ב יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ [Leviticus 15:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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