--- title: Leviticus 20:25 (JPS 1917) — Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean; and ye shall not make your souls detestable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. 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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, ground, I, you), 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:604 # text = Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean; and ye shall not make your souls detestable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. 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 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 between between ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 detestable detestable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 41 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 teemeth teem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 50 apart apart ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 55 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** | shall | Ye | | | | | between the clean beast and the unclean fowl; therefore *property* | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **make** | shall | ye | your souls | | | | by beast or fowl or any thing; detestable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soul=Product | | 3 | **teem** | present | the ground | | | | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set apart** | present · perfect | I | any thing | | | | apart *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient which=Result | | 5 | **hold** | to-infinitive | you | | | | | unclean *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם בֵּֽין־הַבְּהֵמָ֤ה הַטְּהֹרָה֙ לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה וּבֵין־הָע֥וֹף הַטָּמֵ֖א לַטָּהֹ֑ר וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֜ם בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה וּבָע֗וֹף וּבְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְמֹ֣שׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי לָכֶ֖ם לְטַמֵּֽא׃ [Leviticus 20:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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