--- title: Ezekiel 38:8 (JPS 1917) — After many days thou shalt be mustered for service, in the latter ye… · tree and pragmatics description: After many days thou shalt be mustered for service, in the latter years thou shalt come against the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, against the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1003/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/38/) / [38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.8/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 38:8 · JPS 1917 After many days thou shalt be mustered for service, in the latter years thou shalt come against the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, against the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they dwell safely all of them. **Who acts:** thou, mountains, peoples · **What happens:** muster, come, bring back, gather, be, bring · **To what, where:** thou, land, sword, continual waste, waste This is Ezekiel 38:8 · 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 (thou, mountains, peoples), 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:1003 # text = After many days thou shalt be mustered for service, in the latter years thou shalt come against the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, against the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they dwell safely all of them. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 mustered muster VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 continual continual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 acl:relcl _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 54 forth forth ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 out out ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 63 safely safely ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 66 det _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl:unmarked _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **muster** | shall · passive | | thou | | | day | for service | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | shall | thou | | | the land | year | against the mountains of Israel | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against land=Location | | 3 | **bring back** | present · passive | | the land | | the sword | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from sword=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **gather** | present · passive | | the sword | | | | out many peoples | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present · perfect | the mountains of Israel | a continual waste | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** | present · passive | | waste | | | | out the peoples; forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme out people=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **dwell** | present | peoples *= people* | | | | | of mountains *= mountain*; safely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} מִיָּמִ֣ים רַבִּים֮ תִּפָּקֵד֒ בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית הַשָּׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹא ׀ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ ׀ מְשׁוֹבֶ֣בֶת מֵחֶ֗רֶב מְקֻבֶּ֙צֶת֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים עַ֚ל הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֥וּ לְחָרְבָּ֖ה תָּמִ֑יד וְהִיא֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים הוּצָ֔אָה וְיָשְׁב֥וּ לָבֶ֖טַח כֻּלָּֽם׃ [Ezekiel 38:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1003` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 38:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1002/) - next →: [Ezekiel 38:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1004/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.8/)