--- title: Leviticus 15:15 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. Who acts: priest, 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 (priest, 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:441 # text = And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD _ 5 aux _ _ 5 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ _ 14 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ _ 23 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD _ 29 aux _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 30 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 issue issue NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **offer** | shall | the priest | doves *= dove* | | | | the one for a sin offering *obl:unmarked* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | shall | the priest | atonement | | | before the LORD for flesh's issue | for flesh | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **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} וְעָשָׂ֤ה אֹתָם֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶחָ֣ד חַטָּ֔את וְהָאֶחָ֖ד עֹלָ֑ה וְכִפֶּ֨ר עָלָ֧יו הַכֹּהֵ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מִזּוֹבֽוֹ׃ס [Leviticus 15:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:441` 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. - ← previous: [Leviticus 15:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.440/) - next →: [Leviticus 15:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.442/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 15:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.15/)