--- title: Ezekiel 38:12 (JPS 1917) — to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the… · tree and pragmatics description: to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth. Who acts: people, nations. 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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 (people, nations), 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:1007 # text = to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth. 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 inhabited inhabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 against against ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 gotten get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 39 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 39 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other, act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | to-infinitive | | the spoil | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | | the prey | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | to-infinitive | | thy hand | | the waste places | | against the people | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme against place=Source against people=Trajectory | | 4 | **inhabit** | present · passive | | the waste places | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **gather** | present · passive | | the people | | the nations | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **get** | present · perfect | the people | cattle and goods | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cattle=Stimulus | | 7 | **dwell** | present | the nations | | | the middle of the earth | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location | 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} לִשְׁלֹ֥ל שָׁלָ֖ל וְלָבֹ֣ז בַּ֑ז לְהָשִׁ֨יב יָדְךָ֜ עַל־חֳרָב֣וֹת נוֹשָׁבֹ֗ת וְאֶל־עַם֙ מְאֻסָּ֣ף מִגּוֹיִ֔ם עֹשֶׂה֙ מִקְנֶ֣ה וְקִנְיָ֔ן יֹשְׁבֵ֖י עַל־טַבּ֥וּר הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Ezekiel 38:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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