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title: Leviticus 25:28 (JPS 1917) — But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then… · tree and pragmatics
description: But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. Who acts: man, that, hand, possession. Leviticus 25
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# Leviticus 25:28 · JPS 1917

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But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

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**Who acts:** man, that, hand, possession · **What happens:** have, get back, sell, remain, buy, go out · **To what, where:** sufficient means, possession, hand, jubilee

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This is Leviticus 25:28 · 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 (man, that, hand, possession), 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:761
# text = But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	means	means	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	22	advmod	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Dem	22	nsubj	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obj	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nmod	_	_
28	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
29	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl:relcl	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	until	until	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	jubilee	jubilee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	jubilee	jubilee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	conj	_	_
45	out	out	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
51	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character, act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man | sufficient means |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent means=Patient |
| 2 | **get back** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | possession |  |  |  | for man | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme for himself=Source |
| 3 | **sell** | present · perfect | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 4 | **remain** | shall | that |  |  | the hand of man | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location |
| 5 | **buy** | present · perfect | the hand of man | possession |  |  | year |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 6 | **go out** | shall | possession |  |  | the jubilee |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **return** | shall | man |  |  |  |  | unto man's possession | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **possess** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וְאִ֨ם לֹֽא־מָֽצְאָ֜ה יָד֗וֹ דֵּי֮ הָשִׁ֣יב לוֹ֒ וְהָיָ֣ה מִמְכָּר֗וֹ בְּיַד֙ הַקֹּנֶ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ עַ֖ד שְׁנַ֣ת הַיּוֹבֵ֑ל וְיָצָא֙ בַּיֹּבֵ֔ל וְשָׁ֖ב לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃

[Leviticus 25:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.28/)

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