--- title: Leviticus 27:33 (JPS 1917) — He shall not inquire whether it be good or bad, neither shall he cha… · tree and pragmatics description: He shall not inquire whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. Who acts: LORD, tenth. 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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 (LORD, tenth), 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:867 # text = He shall not inquire whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 15 cc _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 change change VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 27 both both CCONJ CC _ 28 cc:preconj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 redeemed redeem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **inquire** *speech: other* | shall | LORD | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | tenth | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | tenth *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **change** | shall | LORD | tenth | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **change** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | LORD | tenth | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **change** | present · passive | | tenth | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for which=Co-Theme | | 7 | **is** | shall | tenth | | | | then | holy *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **redeem** | shall · passive | | tenth | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} לֹ֧א יְבַקֵּ֛ר בֵּֽין־ט֥וֹב לָרַ֖ע וְלֹ֣א יְמִירֶ֑נּוּ וְאִם־הָמֵ֣ר יְמִירֶ֔נּוּ וְהָֽיָה־ה֧וּא וּתְמוּרָת֛וֹ יִֽהְיֶה־קֹ֖דֶשׁ לֹ֥א יִגָּאֵֽל׃ [Leviticus 27:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:867` 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 27:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.866/) - next →: [Leviticus 27:34 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.868/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 27:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.33/)