--- title: Leviticus 25:46 (JPS 1917) — And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to… · tree and pragmatics description: And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour. Who acts: ye. 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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 (ye), 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:779 # text = And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 bondmen bondman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 rigour rigour NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | may | ye | a inheritance | strangers *= stranger* | | after you | for your children | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary inheritance=Product for child=Asset | | 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | for a possession | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | may | ye | your bondmen | | | | of strangers *= stranger* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bondman=Theme of they=Source for ever=Beneficiary | | 4 | **not** **rule** | shall | ye | the children of Israel | | your brethren | | with rigour | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme one=Result | 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} וְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּ֨םאֹתָ֜ם לִבְנֵיכֶ֤ם אַחֲרֵיכֶם֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אֲחֻזָּ֔ה לְעֹלָ֖ם בָּהֶ֣ם תַּעֲבֹ֑דוּ וּבְאַ֨חֵיכֶ֤ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אִ֣ישׁ בְּאָחִ֔יו לֹא־תִרְדֶּ֥ה ב֖וֹ בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃ס [Leviticus 25:46: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.46/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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