--- title: Leviticus 25:49 (JPS 1917) — or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nig… · tree and pragmatics description: or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxen rich, he may redeem himself. Who acts: uncle, any, brother. 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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 (uncle, any, brother), 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:782 # text = or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxen rich, he may redeem himself. 1 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 nsubj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 nigh nigh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 be be AUX VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 waxen waxen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 36 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 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 | **redeem** | may | brother's uncle or brother's uncle's son | brother | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | of kin; unto brother; nigh *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **redeem** | may | any | brother | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | brother | | | | | rich, waxen *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **redeem** | may | brother | brother | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | 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} אוֹ־דֹד֞וֹ א֤וֹ בֶן־דֹּדוֹ֙ יִגְאָלֶ֔נּוּ אֽוֹ־מִשְּׁאֵ֧ר בְּשָׂר֛וֹ מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ יִגְאָלֶ֑נּוּ אֽוֹ־הִשִּׂ֥יגָה יָד֖וֹ וְנִגְאָֽל׃ [Leviticus 25:49: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.25.49/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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