--- title: Leviticus 4:25 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering. Who acts: 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 (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:74 # text = And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ _ 13 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 burnt burn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 30 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 remaining remaining VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 amod _ _ 35 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 36 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 burnt burn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ _ 50 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | the priest | the blood of the sin offering | | | | with priest's finger | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | offering | | the horns of the altar of burnt offering | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon horn=Destination | | 3 | **remaining** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pour out** | shall | priest | the remaining blood | | the base of the altar of burnt offering | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | 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} וְלָקַ֨ח הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִדַּ֤ם הַֽחַטָּאת֙ בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹ וְנָתַ֕ן עַל־קַרְנֹ֖ת מִזְבַּ֣ח הָעֹלָ֑ה וְאֶת־דָּמ֣וֹ יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ אֶל־יְס֖וֹד מִזְבַּ֥ח הָעֹלָֽה׃ [Leviticus 4:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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