--- title: Leviticus 25:16 (JPS 1917) — According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the pric… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee. Who acts: thou, man. 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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 (thou, man), 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:749 # text = According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee. 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 increase increase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 16 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 case _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fewness fewness NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 diminish diminish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 doth do AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **increase** | shall | thou | the price | | | | accord the multitude of the years; thereof *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer price=Patient | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **diminish** | shall | thou | the price of price | | | | accord the fewness of the years | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer price=Patient | | 5 | **sell** | do-support | man | | | | | for the number of crops; unto thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for number=Asset | 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} לְפִ֣י ׀ רֹ֣ב הַשָּׁנִ֗ים תַּרְבֶּה֙ מִקְנָת֔וֹ וּלְפִי֙ מְעֹ֣ט הַשָּׁנִ֔ים תַּמְעִ֖יט מִקְנָת֑וֹ כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר תְּבוּאֹ֔ת ה֥וּא מֹכֵ֖ר לָֽךְ׃ [Leviticus 25:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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