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title: Leviticus 22:21 (JPS 1917) — And whosoever bringeth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD… · tree and pragmatics
description: And whosoever bringeth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. Who acts: whosoever, blemish. Leviticus 22:21 in JPS 1917 with i
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# Leviticus 22:21 · JPS 1917

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And whosoever bringeth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

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**Who acts:** whosoever, blemish · **What happens:** bring, utter, be, accept, sacrifice, fulfil · **To what, where:** sacrifice, fulfilment, vow, peace offerings, herd

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This is Leviticus 22:21 · 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 (whosoever, blemish), 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:652
# text = And whosoever bringeth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
2	whosoever	whosoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bringeth	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	advcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	_
9	offerings	offering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	freewill	freewill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	_
26	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	expl	_	_
37	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	cop	_	_
39	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	xcomp	_	_
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
44	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	46	expl	_	_
45	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	parataxis	_	_
47	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	48	det	_	_
48	blemish	blemish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
49	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	39	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | whosoever | a sacrifice of peace offerings |  | fulfilment of a vow |  | unto the LORD | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme |
| 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle |  | a vow *not said here* |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | shall |  |  |  |  |  | for a freewill offering of the herd or the flock; perfect *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **accept** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» |
| 5 | **be** | shall | no blemish |  |  | there |  | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **sacrifice** |  |  | peace offerings |  |  |  |  | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **fulfil** |  |  | a vow |  |  |  |  | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **offer** |  |  | the herd or the flock |  |  |  |  | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=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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וְאִ֗ישׁ כִּֽי־יַקְרִ֤יב זֶֽבַח־שְׁלָמִים֙ לַיהוָ֔ה לְפַלֵּא־נֶ֙דֶר֙ א֣וֹ לִנְדָבָ֔ה בַּבָּקָ֖ר א֣וֹ בַצֹּ֑אן תָּמִ֤ים יִֽהְיֶה֙ לְרָצ֔וֹן כָּל־מ֖וּם לֹ֥א יִהְיֶה־בּֽוֹ׃

[Leviticus 22:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.21/)

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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:652` of Mova's parse database.

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