--- title: Leviticus 23:8 (JPS 1917) — And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days… · tree and pragmatics description: And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. Who acts: ye. 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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), 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:672 # text = And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 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 6 nmod _ _ 13 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 convocation convocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 servile servile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | shall | ye | a offering | | | day | unto the LORD | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 2 | **make** | participle | | a offering *not said here* | | | | by fire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **is a** | present | ye *not said here* | a holy convocation | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | shall | ye | no manner of servile work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Eventuality | 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} וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֥ם אִשֶּׁ֛ה לַיהוָ֖ה שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים בַּיּ֤וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃פ [Leviticus 23:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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