--- title: Leviticus 18:5 (JPS 1917) — Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a… · tree and pragmatics description: Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them: I am the LORD. Who acts: Ye, man, I, Mine. 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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 (Ye, man, I, Mine), 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:515 # text = Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them: I am the LORD. 1 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 Mine mine PRON PRP Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | shall | Ye | My statutes and Mine ordinances | | | | therefore *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Theme | | 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 3 | **live** | shall | man | | | | | by statutes *= statute* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by they=Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ordain** | | Mine | | | | | | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ס [Leviticus 18:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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