--- title: Leviticus 16:4 (JPS 1917) — He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen br… · tree and pragmatics description: He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired; they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. Who acts: Aaron, breeches. 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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 (Aaron, breeches), 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:463 # text = He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired; they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 tunic tunic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 breeches breech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 girded gird VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 mitre mitre NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 attired attire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 on on ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **put on** | shall | Aaron | the holy linen tunic | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tunic=Goal | | 2 | **have** | shall | Aaron | the linen breeches | | | | upon Aaron's flesh | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breech=Patient | | 3 | **gird** | shall · passive | Aaron *not said here* | | | | | with the linen girdle | tree rules | | 4 | **attire** | shall · passive | | Aaron | | | | with the linen mitre | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | breeches *= breech* | the holy garments | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bathe** | shall | Aaron | Aaron's flesh | | | | in water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent flesh=Destination in water=Theme | | 7 | **put on** | infinitive | Aaron *not said here* | breeches *= breech* | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | 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} כְּתֹֽנֶת־בַּ֨ד קֹ֜דֶשׁ יִלְבָּ֗שׁ וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־בַד֮ יִהְי֣וּ עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ֒ וּבְאַבְנֵ֥ט בַּד֙ יַחְגֹּ֔ר וּבְמִצְנֶ֥פֶת בַּ֖ד יִצְנֹ֑ף בִּגְדֵי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הֵ֔ם וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וּלְבֵשָֽׁם׃ [Leviticus 16:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:463` 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 16:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.462/) - next →: [Leviticus 16:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.464/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.4/)