--- title: Leviticus 25:29 (JPS 1917) — And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may red… · tree and pragmatics description: And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption. Who acts: 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 (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:762 # text = And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sell sell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 walled wall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 within within ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 redemption redemption NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a man | a dwelling house | | a walled city | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 2 | **wall** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **redeem** | may | man | house | | | then; year | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **sell** | present · passive | | house | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **have** | shall | man | the right of redemption | | | year | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=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} וְאִ֗ישׁ כִּֽי־יִמְכֹּ֤ר בֵּית־מוֹשַׁב֙ עִ֣יר חוֹמָ֔ה וְהָיְתָה֙ גְּאֻלָּת֔וֹ עַד־תֹּ֖ם שְׁנַ֣ת מִמְכָּר֑וֹ יָמִ֖ים תִּהְיֶ֥ה גְאֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ [Leviticus 25:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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