--- title: Leviticus 20:9 (JPS 1917) — For whatsoever man there be that curseth his father or his mother sh… · tree and pragmatics description: For whatsoever man there be that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. Who acts: man, blood. 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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, blood), 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:588 # text = For whatsoever man there be that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 whatsoever whatsoever DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 be be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 7 curseth curse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 surely surely ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 parataxis _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | whatsoever man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **curse** | present | whatsoever man | man's father or man's mother | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 3 | **put** | shall · passive | | | | | | to death; surely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | | 4 | **curse** | present · perfect | man | man's father or man's mother | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | man's blood | | | | | upon man | tree rules | 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} כִּֽי־אִ֣ישׁ אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְקַלֵּ֧ל אֶת־אָבִ֛יו וְאֶת־אִמּ֖וֹ מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת אָבִ֧יו וְאִמּ֛וֹ קִלֵּ֖ל דָּמָ֥יו בּֽוֹ׃ [Leviticus 20:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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