--- title: Leviticus 27:14 (JPS 1917) — And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, th… · tree and pragmatics description: And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand. Who acts: man, 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 (man, 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:848 # text = And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 sanctify sanctify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 value value VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 value value VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 20 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 | **sanctify** | shall | a man | man's house | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD; holy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **value** | shall | the priest | house | | | then | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | priest | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | priest *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **value** | shall | the priest | house | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **stand** | shall | priest | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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} וְאִ֗ישׁ כִּֽי־יַקְדִּ֨שׁ אֶת־בֵּית֥וֹ קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְהֶעֱרִיכוֹ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן בֵּ֥ין ט֖וֹב וּבֵ֣ין רָ֑ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲרִ֥יךְ אֹת֛וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן כֵּ֥ן יָקֽוּם׃ [Leviticus 27:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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