--- title: Leviticus 21:6 (JPS 1917) — They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their… · tree and pragmatics description: They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer; therefore they shall be holy. Who acts: people. 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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 (people), 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:612 # text = They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer; therefore they shall be holy. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 profane profane VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | people | | | | | unto people's God; holy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **profane** | infinitive | people *not said here* | the name of people's God | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | | the offerings of the LORD *not said here* | | | | by fire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **offer** | present · do-support | people | | | | | for the offerings of the LORD *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for offering=Goal | | 5 | **is** | shall | people | | | | | holy, therefore *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **name** | | | people's God | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **offer** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=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} קְדֹשִׁ֤ים יִהְיוּ֙ לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יְחַלְּל֔וּ שֵׁ֖ם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם כִּי֩ אֶת־אִשֵּׁ֨י יְהוָ֜ה לֶ֧חֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם הֵ֥ם מַקְרִיבִ֖ם וְהָ֥יוּ קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ [Leviticus 21:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:612` 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 21:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.611/) - next →: [Leviticus 21:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.613/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.6/)