--- title: Leviticus 16:18 (JPS 1917) — And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. Who acts: man, altar. 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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 (man, altar), 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:477 # text = And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 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 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 round round ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 about about ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **go out** | shall | man | | | | | unto the altar; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the altar | | | | before the LORD | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | man *not said here* | atonement | | | | for atonement | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for it=Asset | | 4 | **take** | shall | man *not said here* | | | | | of the blood of the bullock and the blood of the goat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of blood=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | man *not said here* | atonement | | the horns of the altar | | about *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon horn=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} וְיָצָ֗א אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וְכִפֶּ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וְלָקַ֞ח מִדַּ֤ם הַפָּר֙ וּמִדַּ֣ם הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְנָתַ֛ן עַל־קַרְנ֥וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב׃ [Leviticus 16:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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