Leviticus 9:18 · JPS 1917
He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he dashed it against the altar round about,
Who acts: offering, sacrifice, sons · What happens: slay, be, deliver, dash, sacrifice · To what, where: ox, blood, offering, peace offerings
This is Leviticus 9:18 · 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 (offering, sacrifice, sons), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 slew | nsubj |
| 2 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 2 slew | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ox | det |
| 5 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slew | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ram | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ram | det |
| 8 | ram | ram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ox | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sacrifice | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sacrifice | det |
| 11 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ox | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 offerings | case |
| 13 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 offerings | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 peace | punct |
| 15 | offerings | offering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sacrifice | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 people | punct |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 people | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 people | cop |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 people | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 people | det |
| 21 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sacrifice | acl:relcl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 delivered | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 delivered | cc |
| 24 | Aaron | Aaron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 sons | nmod:poss |
| 25 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 24 Aaron | case |
| 26 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 delivered | nsubj |
| 27 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 slew | conj |
| 28 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 29 him | case |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 delivered | iobj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 blood | det |
| 31 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 delivered | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 dashed | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 dashed | cc |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 dashed | nsubj |
| 35 | dashed | dash | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 delivered | conj |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 dashed | obj |
| 37 | against | against | ADP | _ | 39 altar | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 altar | det |
| 39 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 dashed | obl |
| 40 | round | round | ADV | _ | 41 about | advmod |
| 41 | about | about | ADV | _ | 35 dashed | advmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 slew | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slay | past | offering | the ox and the ram | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the sacrifice of peace offerings | for the people | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | deliver | past | Aaron's sons | the blood | offering | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary blood=Patient | |||
| 4 | dash | past | offering | blood | against the altar; about property | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Instrument against altar=Patient | |||
| 5 | sacrifice | peace offerings | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
וַיִּשְׁחַ֤ט אֶת־הַשּׁוֹר֙ וְאֶת־הָאַ֔יִל זֶ֥בַח הַשְּׁלָמִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָעָ֑ם וַ֠יַּמְצִאוּ בְּנֵ֨י אַהֲרֹ֤ן אֶת־הַדָּם֙ אֵלָ֔יו וַיִּזְרְקֵ֥הוּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב׃
Leviticus 9:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:LEV:228 of Mova's parse database.
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