--- title: Leviticus 4:31 (JPS 1917) — And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken away… · tree and pragmatics description: And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. 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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 (fat, priest, offering), 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:80 # text = And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 5 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD _ 8 aux _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 off off ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ _ 24 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD _ 30 aux _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 49 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 forgiven forgive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | shall | fat | all fat | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Theme | | 2 | **take away** | present · passive | | the fat | | the sacrifice of peace offerings | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from sacrifice=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **make** | shall | the priest | offering | | | | for a sweet savour unto the LORD | tree rules | | 4 | **smoke** | infinitive | offering *not said here* | | | | | upon the altar | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | shall | the priest | atonement | | | | for fat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 6 | **forgive** | shall · passive | | priest | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **sacrifice** | | | peace offerings | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: of=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} וְאֶת־כָּל־חֶלְבָּ֣הּ יָסִ֗יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הוּסַ֣ר חֵלֶב֮ מֵעַ֣ל זֶ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֒ וְהִקְטִ֤יר הַכֹּהֵן֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה לְרֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָ֑ה וְכִפֶּ֥ר עָלָ֛יו הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְנִסְלַ֥ח לֽוֹ׃פ [Leviticus 4:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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