--- title: Leviticus 22:3 (JPS 1917) — Say unto them: Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your gene… · tree and pragmatics description: Say unto them: Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before Me: I am the LORD. Who acts: you, LORD, seed, children. 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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 (you, LORD, seed, children), 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:633 # text = Say unto them: Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before Me: I am the LORD. 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 5 Whosoever whosoever ADV RB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 12 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 approacheth approach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 hallow hallow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 uncleanness uncleanness NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 44 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 48 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto sons *= son* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | LORD | your seed | | | throughout your generations | whosoever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **approach** | present | your seed | | | | | unto the holy things | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hallow** | present | the children of Israel | the holy things | | | | unto the LORD | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | gerund | the children of Israel *not said here* | LORD's uncleanness | | | | upon LORD | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncleanness=Patient | | 6 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | that soul | | | | from Me | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from i=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | 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} אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם לְדֹרֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם כָּל־אִ֣ישׁ ׀ אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרַ֣ב מִכָּל־זַרְעֲכֶ֗ם אֶל־הַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַקְדִּ֤ישׁוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ עָלָ֑יו וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ הַהִ֛וא מִלְּפָנַ֖י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 22:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:633` 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 22:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.632/) - next →: [Leviticus 22:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.634/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 22:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.3/)