--- title: Leviticus 19:19 (JPS 1917) — Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. Who acts: Thou, garment. 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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 (Thou, garment), 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:561 # text = Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 gender gender NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 diverse diverse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 14 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 sow sow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 39 together together ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let** | shall | Thou | cattle gender | | | | with a diverse kind | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gender=Theme | | 2 | **not** **sow** | shall | thou | thy field | | | | with two kinds of seed | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Destination with kind=Theme | | 3 | **come** | shall | a garment of two kinds of stuff | | | thee; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon thou=Location | | 4 | **mingle** | participle | | two kinds of stuff *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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} אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ כִּלְאַ֔יִם שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז לֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עָלֶֽיךָ׃פ [Leviticus 19:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.19/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Ye shall keep My statutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.560/) 2. **Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:561` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Leviticus 19:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.560/) - next →: [Leviticus 19:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.562/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 19:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.19/)