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title: Leviticus 15:13 (JPS 1917) — And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he sha… · tree and pragmatics
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# Leviticus 15:13 · JPS 1917

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And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

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**Who acts:** flesh · **What happens:** have, cleanse, number, wash, bathe, run · **To what, where:** issue, flesh, clothes

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This is Leviticus 15:13 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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:439
# text = And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	issue	issue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	cleansed	cleanse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	issue	issue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	number	number	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	17	obl	_	_
20	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	27	obj	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	bathe	bathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	amod	_	_
39	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
43	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	cop	_	_
44	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	conj	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  | a issue |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent issue=Patient |
| 2 | **cleanse** | present · passive |  | flesh |  |  |  | of flesh's issue | vn free-10.6.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of issue=Theme |
| 3 | **number** | shall | flesh |  | flesh |  | then; day | for flesh's cleansing | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wash** | infinitive | flesh *not said here* | flesh's clothes |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |
| 5 | **bathe** | shall | flesh | flesh's flesh |  |  |  | in running water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent flesh=Destination in water=Theme |
| 6 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | shall | flesh *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **issue** |  | flesh |  |  |  |  |  | nom issue «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **cleanse** |  | flesh |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְכִֽי־יִטְהַ֤ר הַזָּב֙ מִזּוֹב֔וֹ וְסָ֨פַר ל֜וֹ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֛ים לְטָהֳרָת֖וֹ וְכִבֶּ֣ס בְּגָדָ֑יו וְרָחַ֧ץ בְּשָׂר֛וֹ בְּמַ֥יִם חַיִּ֖ים וְטָהֵֽר׃

[Leviticus 15:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.13/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:439` 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.

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