--- title: Leviticus 16:15 (JPS 1917) — Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the peo… · tree and pragmatics description: Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the ark-cover, and before the ark-cover. Who acts: Aaron, goat. 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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, goat), 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:474 # text = Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the ark-cover, and before the ark-cover. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 acl:relcl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 within within ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sprinkle sprinkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 before before ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ _ 56 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | shall | Aaron | the goat of the sin offering | | | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the goat of the sin offering | the goat of the sin offering *not said here* | | | | for the people | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | infinitive | Aaron *not said here* | Aaron's blood | | | | within the veil | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 4 | **do** | infinitive | Aaron *not said here* | | | | | with Aaron's blood | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | past | Aaron | | | | | with the blood of the bullock | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sprinkle** | infinitive | Aaron *not said here* | blood | | the ark cover | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon cover=Destination | 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} וְשָׁחַ֞ט אֶת־שְׂעִ֤יר הַֽחַטָּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָעָ֔ם וְהֵבִיא֙ אֶת־דָּמ֔וֹ אֶל־מִבֵּ֖ית לַפָּרֹ֑כֶת וְעָשָׂ֣ה אֶת־דָּמ֗וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְדַ֣ם הַפָּ֔ר וְהִזָּ֥ה אֹת֛וֹ עַל־הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת וְלִפְנֵ֥י הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃ [Leviticus 16:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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