--- title: Leviticus 19:15 (JPS 1917) — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect t… · tree and pragmatics description: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor favour the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Who acts: Ye, thou. 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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, thou), 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:556 # text = Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor favour the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 1 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 unrighteousness unrighteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 10 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 poor poor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 20 favour favour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mighty mighty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | shall | Ye | no unrighteousness | | judgment | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unrighteousness=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **respect** | shall | thou | the person of the poor | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | | 3 | **favour** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | the person of the mighty | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **judge** | shall | thou | thy neighbour | | righteousness | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent neighbour=Value | 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} לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֙וֶל֙ בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־דָ֔ל וְלֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר פְּנֵ֣י גָד֑וֹל בְּצֶ֖דֶק תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט עֲמִיתֶֽךָ׃ [Leviticus 19:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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