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title: Leviticus 16:16 (JPS 1917) — And he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncle… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. Who acts: Aaron, tent, children. 
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# Leviticus 16:16 · JPS 1917

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And he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.

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**Who acts:** Aaron, tent, children · **What happens:** make, do, dwell, transgress · **To what, where:** atonement, midst

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This is Leviticus 16:16 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, tent, children), 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:475
# text = And he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
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	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	atonement	atonement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	uncleannesses	uncleanness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	25	case	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	fixed	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	transgressions	transgression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	even	even	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
28	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	30	det:predet	_	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
33	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
34	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
44	dwelleth	dwell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
45	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	uncleannesses	uncleanness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | shall | Aaron | atonement |  |  |  | for the holy place; because the uncleannesses of the children of Israel and children's transgressions and transgressions's sins | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for place=Asset |
| 2 | **do** | shall | Aaron |  |  |  |  | for the tent of meeting | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dwell** | present | the tent of meeting |  |  | the midst of sins's uncleannesses |  | with sins *= sin* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location |
| 4 | **transgress** |  | children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | nom transgression «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְכִפֶּ֣ר עַל־הַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ מִטֻּמְאֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִפִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם לְכָל־חַטֹּאתָ֑ם וְכֵ֤ן יַעֲשֶׂה֙ לְאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד הַשֹּׁכֵ֣ן אִתָּ֔ם בְּת֖וֹךְ טֻמְאֹתָֽם׃

[Leviticus 16:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.16/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:475` of Mova's parse database.

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