--- title: Leviticus 15:14 (JPS 1917) — And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two… · tree and pragmatics description: And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest. 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:440 # text = And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 eighth eighth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 12 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ _ 14 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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 | **take** | shall | flesh | two turtle doves or two young pigeons | vessel | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dove=Theme to he=Destination | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | flesh *not said here* | | | | before the LORD | unto the door of the tent of meeting | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before lord=Location | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | flesh *not said here* | doves *= dove* | | | | unto the priest | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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} וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י יִֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י תֹרִ֔ים א֥וֹ שְׁנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֑ה וּבָ֣א ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וּנְתָנָ֖ם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ [Leviticus 15:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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