--- title: Leviticus 23:3 (JPS 1917) — Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of… · tree and pragmatics description: Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings. Who acts: ye, work. 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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 (ye, work), 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:667 # text = Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings. 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 convocation convocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 dwellings dwelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | shall · passive | | work | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a sabbath | | | day | of solemn rest | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | shall | ye | no manner of work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | present | work | a sabbath | | your dwellings | | unto 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} שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ כָּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ שַׁבָּ֥ת הִוא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃פ [Leviticus 23:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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