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title: Leviticus 24:16 (JPS 1917) — And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death. Who acts: congregation, LORD. Leviticus 24:16 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tr
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# Leviticus 24:16 · JPS 1917

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And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death.

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**Who acts:** congregation, LORD · **What happens:** blaspheme, put, stone, bear, name · **To what, where:** name, LORD, stranger

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This is Leviticus 24:16 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (congregation, LORD), 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:725
# text = And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the Name, shall be put to death.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blasphemeth	blaspheme	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	appos	_	_
12	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	congregation	congregation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
22	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	stone	stone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
27	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	30	cc	_	_
28	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	27	fixed	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	as	as	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	_
36	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	40	mark	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	blasphemeth	blaspheme	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
44	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blaspheme** | present |  | the name of the LORD |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 2 | **put** | shall · passive |  | LORD |  |  |  | to death; surely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
| 3 | **stone** | shall | all congregation |  | LORD |  |  | certainly *property* | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination |
| 4 | **bear** | participle |  | the stranger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **blaspheme** | present | LORD | the Name |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 6 | **put** | shall · passive |  | the stranger |  |  |  | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
| 7 | **name** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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וְנֹקֵ֤ב שֵׁם־יְהוָה֙ מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֔ת רָג֥וֹם יִרְגְּמוּ־ב֖וֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָ֑ה כַּגֵּר֙ כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח בְּנָקְבוֹ־שֵׁ֖ם יוּמָֽת׃

[Leviticus 24:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.24.16/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:725` of Mova's parse database.

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