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title: Leviticus 27:27 (JPS 1917) — And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according… · tree and pragmatics
description: And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy valuation. Who acts: firstling, man, thy. Leviticus 27:27 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the 
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# Leviticus 27:27 · JPS 1917

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And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy valuation.

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**Who acts:** firstling, man, thy · **What happens:** be, ransom, accord, add, not redeem, sell · **To what, where:** firstling, fifth part

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This is Leviticus 27:27 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (firstling, man, 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:861
# text = And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy valuation.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	advcl	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	ransom	ransom	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|VerbForm=Ger	18	case	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	valuation	valuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
23	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	iobj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
28	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
31	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	aux:pass	_	_
34	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	35	advmod	_	_
35	redeemed	redeem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	advcl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
37	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	41	advmod	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
42	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|VerbForm=Ger	45	case	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	fixed	_	_
44	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	valuation	valuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | firstling |  |  |  |  | of a unclean beast | tree rules |
| 2 | **ransom** | shall | man | firstling |  |  | then | accord thy valuation | tree rules |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | shall | man *not said here* | the fifth part | firstling |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **redeem** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive |  | firstling |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **sell** | shall · passive |  | firstling |  |  | then | accord thy valuation | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 7 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **valuate** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom valuation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **valuate** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom valuation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְאִ֨ם בַּבְּהֵמָ֤ה הַטְּמֵאָה֙ וּפָדָ֣ה בְעֶרְכֶּ֔ךָ וְיָסַ֥ף חֲמִשִׁת֖וֹ עָלָ֑יו וְאִם־לֹ֥א יִגָּאֵ֖ל וְנִמְכַּ֥ר בְּעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃

[Leviticus 27:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.27/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:861` of Mova's parse database.

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