--- title: Leviticus 21:23 (JPS 1917) — Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar,… · tree and pragmatics description: Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify them. Who acts: man, I, LORD. 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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, I, LORD), 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:629 # text = Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify them. 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 because because SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 blemish blemish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 profane profane VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sanctify sanctify VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go in** | shall | man | | | | | unto the veil | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | unto the altar; nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | present | man | a blemish | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blemish=Patient | | 4 | **not** **profane** | present | man | My holy places | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sanctify** | present | the LORD | places *= place* | | | | | 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} אַ֣ךְ אֶל־הַפָּרֹ֜כֶת לֹ֣א יָבֹ֗א וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ לֹ֥א יִגַּ֖שׁ כִּֽי־מ֣וּם בּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֤א יְחַלֵּל֙ אֶת־מִקְדָּשַׁ֔י כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃ [Leviticus 21:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:629` 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 21:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.628/) - next →: [Leviticus 21:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.630/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 21:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.23/)