Leviticus 14:16 · JPS 1917
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
Who acts: priest, oil · What happens: dip, be, sprinkle · To what, where: right finger, oil, left hand
This is Leviticus 14:16 · 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 (priest, oil), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 dip | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 priest | det |
| 3 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dip | nsubj |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 dip | aux |
| 5 | dip | dip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 finger | nmod:poss |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 finger | amod |
| 8 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dip | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 oil | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 oil | det |
| 11 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dip | obl |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 hand | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 hand | cop |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 hand | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 hand | nmod:poss |
| 16 | left | left | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 hand | amod |
| 17 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 oil | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sprinkle | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 sprinkle | cc |
| 20 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 sprinkle | aux |
| 21 | sprinkle | sprinkle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 dip | conj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 oil | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 oil | det |
| 24 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sprinkle | obl |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 finger | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 finger | nmod:poss |
| 27 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sprinkle | obl |
| 28 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 times | nummod |
| 29 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 sprinkle | obl:unmarked |
| 30 | before | before | ADP | _ | 32 LORD | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 LORD | det |
| 32 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 sprinkle | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dip | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character, act=request
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dip | shall | the priest | priest's right finger | the oil | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent finger=Theme in oil=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | is | present | the oil | priest's left hand | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sprinkle | shall | the priest not said here | before the LORD; time | of the oil; with priest's finger | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme before lord=Destination |
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
וְטָבַ֤ל הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֶת־אֶצְבָּע֣וֹ הַיְמָנִ֔ית מִן־הַשֶּׁ֕מֶן אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־כַּפּ֖וֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית וְהִזָּ֨ה מִן־הַשֶּׁ֧מֶן בְּאֶצְבָּע֛וֹ שֶׁ֥בַע פְּעָמִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
Leviticus 14:16: 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:385 of Mova's parse database.
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