--- title: Leviticus 27:28 (JPS 1917) — Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man may devote unto the LO… · tree and pragmatics description: Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man may devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. Who acts: man, devoted thing. 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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, devoted thing), 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:862 # text = Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man may devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. 1 Notwithstanding notwithstanding ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 devote devote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 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 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 23 cc:preconj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 redeemed redeem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 42 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 46 advmod _ _ 46 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 LORD Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devote** | may | a man | no devoted thing | | | | unto the LORD; of all; of man or beast or the field of man's possession | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | man | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **sell** | shall · passive | | no devoted thing | | | | notwithstanding *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **redeem** | participle | | | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | every devoted thing | | | | | unto the LORD; holy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **possess** | | man | | | | | | nom possession «act 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} אַךְ־כָּל־חֵ֡רֶם אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַחֲרִם֩ אִ֨ישׁ לַֽיהוָ֜ה מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֗וֹ מֵאָדָ֤ם וּבְהֵמָה֙ וּמִשְּׂדֵ֣ה אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹ לֹ֥א יִמָּכֵ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יִגָּאֵ֑ל כָּל־חֵ֕רֶם קֹֽדֶשׁ־קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים ה֖וּא לַיהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 27:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:862` 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 27:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.861/) - next →: [Leviticus 27:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.863/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 27:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.28/)