--- title: Leviticus 23:2 (JPS 1917) — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed… · tree and pragmatics description: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed seasons. Who acts: you, ye, appointed seasons. 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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, ye, appointed seasons), 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:666 # text = Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed seasons. 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 convocations convocation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 xcomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 ccomp _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the children of Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unto children *= child* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **proclaim** | shall | ye | the appointed seasons of the LORD | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | holy convocations | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | the appointed seasons of the LORD | My appointed seasons | | | | | 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} דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מוֹעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־תִּקְרְא֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם מִקְרָאֵ֣י קֹ֑דֶשׁ אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם מוֹעֲדָֽי׃ [Leviticus 23:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:666` 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 23:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.665/) - next →: [Leviticus 23:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.667/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.2/)