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title: Leviticus 5:11 (JPS 1917) — But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeo… · tree and pragmatics
description: But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.
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# Leviticus 5:11 · JPS 1917

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But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.

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**Who acts:** means, man, offering · **What happens:** not suffice, bring, sin, put, be, offer · **To what, where:** offering, oil, frankincense, sin offering

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This is Leviticus 5:11 · 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 (means, man, offering), 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:95
# text = But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	means	means	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nsubj	_	_
5	suffice	suffice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	turtledoves	turtledove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	obl	_	_
24	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	27	advmod	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	sinned	sin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	tenth	tenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	ephah	ephah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	for	for	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
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	21	nmod	_	_
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	parataxis	_	_
47	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	48	det	_	_
48	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	55	cc	_	_
53	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	parataxis	_	_
56	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	57	det	_	_
57	frankincense	frankincense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
58	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
59	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	66	punct	_	_
60	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
61	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
62	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	66	cop	_	_
63	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
64	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	compound	_	_
65	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	64	punct	_	_
66	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	advcl	_	_
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **suffice** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man's means |  |  |  |  | for two turtledoves or two young pigeons | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | shall | man | man's offering |  |  | then | for a sin offering; for that | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme |
| 3 | **sin** | present · perfect | man |  |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **put** | shall | man | no oil |  | offering |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme upon it=Destination |
| 5 | **put** | shall | man | any frankincense |  |  |  | thereon *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent frankincense=Goal |
| 6 | **is a** | present | offering | a sin offering |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **offer** |  | man |  |  |  |  | for a sin offering | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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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וְאִם־לֹא֩ תַשִּׂ֨יג יָד֜וֹ לִשְׁתֵּ֣י תֹרִ֗ים אוֹ֮ לִשְׁנֵ֣י בְנֵי־יוֹנָה֒ וְהֵבִ֨יא אֶת־קָרְבָּנ֜וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֗א עֲשִׂירִ֧ת הָאֵפָ֛ה סֹ֖לֶת לְחַטָּ֑את לֹא־יָשִׂ֨ים עָלֶ֜יהָ שֶׁ֗מֶן וְלֹא־יִתֵּ֤ן עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ לְבֹנָ֔ה כִּ֥י חַטָּ֖את הִֽיא׃

[Leviticus 5:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.5.11/)

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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:95` of Mova's parse database.

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