--- title: Leviticus 4:30 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and all the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. Who acts: priest. 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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 (priest), 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:79 # text = And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and all the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 burnt burn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 remaining remaining ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 33 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **take** | shall | the priest | the blood | | | | with priest's finger | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | blood | | the horns of the altar of burnt offering | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon horn=Destination | | 3 | **pour out** | shall | priest | all remaining blood | | the base of the altar | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=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} וְלָקַ֨ח הַכֹּהֵ֤ן מִדָּמָהּ֙ בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹ וְנָתַ֕ן עַל־קַרְנֹ֖ת מִזְבַּ֣ח הָעֹלָ֑ה וְאֶת־כָּל־דָּמָ֣הּ יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ אֶל־יְס֖וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ [Leviticus 4:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:79` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Leviticus 4:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.78/) - next →: [Leviticus 4:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.80/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 4:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.30/)