--- title: Ezekiel 1:10 (JPS 1917) — As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and… · tree and pragmatics description: As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle. Who acts: wings. 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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 (wings), 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:EZK:10 # text = As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nmod _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nmod _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nmod _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 48 also also ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | wings *= wing* | the face of a man | | | | as the likeness of wings's faces | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 2 | **have** | past | wings *= wing* | the face of a lion | | the right side | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | wings *= wing* | the face of a ox | | the left side | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 4 | **have** | past | wings *= wing* | the face of a eagle | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=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 {#hebrew} וּדְמ֣וּת פְּנֵיהֶם֮ פְּנֵ֣י אָדָם֒ וּפְנֵ֨י אַרְיֵ֤ה אֶל־הַיָּמִין֙ לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם וּפְנֵי־שׁ֥וֹר מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֖אול לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ן וּפְנֵי־נֶ֖שֶׁר לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽן׃ [Ezekiel 1:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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