--- title: Leviticus 23:40 (JPS 1917) — And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, br… · tree and pragmatics description: And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. 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:704 # text = And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. 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 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 goodly goodly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 willows willow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 43 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | ye | the fruit of goodly trees and branches of palm trees and boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook | you | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Theme fruit=Destination | | 2 | **rejoice** | shall | ye | | | | before the LORD; day | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן פְּרִ֨י עֵ֤ץ הָדָר֙ כַּפֹּ֣ת תְּמָרִ֔ים וַעֲנַ֥ף עֵץ־עָבֹ֖ת וְעַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃ [Leviticus 23:40: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.40/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:704` 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 23:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.703/) - next →: [Leviticus 23:41 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.705/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 23:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.40/)