--- title: Leviticus 16:13 (JPS 1917) — And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the ark-cover that is upon the testimony, that he die not. Who acts: Aaron, cloud, ark cover. 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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, cloud, ark cover), 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:472 # text = And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the ark-cover that is upon the testimony, that he die not. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 testimony testimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 die die VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | shall | Aaron | the incense | | the fire | before the LORD | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent incense=Theme upon fire=Destination | | 2 | **cover** | may | the cloud of the incense | the ark cover | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cover=Destination | | 3 | **is** | present | the ark cover | | | | | upon the testimony | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **die** | present | Aaron | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **cloud** | | | the incense | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְנָתַ֧ן אֶֽת־הַקְּטֹ֛רֶת עַל־הָאֵ֖שׁ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְכִסָּ֣ה ׀ עֲנַ֣ן הַקְּטֹ֗רֶת אֶת־הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָעֵד֖וּת וְלֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃ [Leviticus 16:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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