--- title: Leviticus 5:9 (JPS 1917) — And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering. Who acts: man, rest. 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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, rest), 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:93 # text = And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sprinkle sprinkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 drained drain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ _ 42 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | shall | man | | | | | of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drain out** | shall · passive | | the rest of the blood | | the base of the altar | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 3 | **is a** | present | rest | a sin offering | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְהִזָּ֞ה מִדַּ֤ם הַחַטָּאת֙ עַל־קִ֣יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְהַנִּשְׁאָ֣ר בַּדָּ֔ם יִמָּצֵ֖ה אֶל־יְס֣וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ חַטָּ֖את הֽוּא׃ [Leviticus 5:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.5.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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