--- title: Leviticus 27:8 (JPS 1917) — But if he be too poor for thy valuation, then he shall be set before… · tree and pragmatics description: But if he be too poor for thy valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the means of him that vowed shall the priest value him. Who acts: man, priest, means, thy. 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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, priest, means, thy), 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:842 # text = But if he be too poor for thy valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the means of him that vowed shall the priest value him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 valuation valuation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 value value VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 27 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 case _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 means means NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 38 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 value value VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | man | | | | | for thy valuation; poor *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | shall · passive | | man | | the priest | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before priest=Destination | | 3 | **value** | shall | the priest | man | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **vow** | past | the means of man | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **value** | shall | the priest | man | | | | accord the means of man | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **valuate** | | thy | | | | | | nom valuation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְאִם־מָ֥ךְ הוּא֙ מֵֽעֶרְכֶּ֔ךָ וְהֶֽעֱמִידוֹ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהֶעֱרִ֥יךְ אֹת֖וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֑ן עַל־פִּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר תַּשִּׂיג֙ יַ֣ד הַנֹּדֵ֔ר יַעֲרִיכֶ֖נּוּ הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ס [Leviticus 27:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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