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title: Leviticus 21:10 (JPS 1917) — And the priest that is highest among his brethren, upon whose head t… · tree and pragmatics
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# Leviticus 21:10 · JPS 1917

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And the priest that is highest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;

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**Who acts:** priest, hair · **What happens:** be, anoint, pour, consecrate, put on, not let · **To what, where:** anointing oil, that, garments, hair, clothes

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This is Leviticus 21:10 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (priest, hair), 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:616
# text = And the priest that is highest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	anointing	anoint	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	32	advmod	_	_
32	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
39	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	42	cc	_	_
42	rend	rend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	conj	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	42	obj	_	_
45	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the priest |  |  |  |  | among husband's brethren; high *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **anoint** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pour** | present · passive |  | the anointing oil |  |  |  | upon head | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **consecrate** | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **put on** | to-infinitive |  | the garments |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent garment=Goal |
| 6 | **not** **let** | shall | the priest | the hair of husband's head |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **go** | infinitive | the hair of husband's head *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loose *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **rend** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | husband's clothes |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |

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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}

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וְהַכֹּהֵן֩ הַגָּד֨וֹל מֵאֶחָ֜יו אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־יוּצַ֥ק עַל־רֹאשׁ֣וֹ ׀ שֶׁ֤מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה֙ וּמִלֵּ֣א אֶת־יָד֔וֹ לִלְבֹּ֖שׁ אֶת־הַבְּגָדִ֑ים אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֙ לֹ֣א יִפְרָ֔ע וּבְגָדָ֖יו לֹ֥א יִפְרֹֽם׃

[Leviticus 21:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.10/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:616` of Mova's parse database.

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