--- title: Leviticus 4:20 (JPS 1917) — Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. Who acts: fat, priest. 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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 (fat, priest), 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:69 # text = Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 19 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 forgiven forgive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | shall | fat | | | | | with the bullock; thus *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | fat | | | | | with the bullock of the sin offering | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | shall | fat | | | | | with this | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | shall | the priest | atonement | | | | for horns *= horn* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for they=Asset | | 5 | **forgive** | shall · passive | | horns *= horn* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} וְעָשָׂ֣ה לַפָּ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְפַ֣ר הַֽחַטָּ֔את כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֑וֹ וְכִפֶּ֧ר עֲלֵהֶ֛ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְנִסְלַ֥ח לָהֶֽם׃ [Leviticus 4:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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