--- title: Ezekiel 38:13 (JPS 1917) — Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the magnat… · tree and pragmatics description: Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the magnates thereof, shall say unto thee: Comest thou to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil? Who acts: Sheba, thou. 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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 (Sheba, thou), 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:1008 # text = Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the magnates thereof, shall say unto thee: Comest thou to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil? 1 Sheba Sheba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Dedan Dedan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Tarshish Tarshish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 magnates magnate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 16 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Comest come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 30 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 parataxis _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 42 away away ADV RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 49 away away ADV RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 50 conj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 56 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all magnates | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | the spoil | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 4 | **assemble** | present · perfect | thou | thy company | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent company=Theme | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | the prey | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme | | 6 | **carry away** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | silver and gold | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme | | 7 | **take away** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | cattle and goods | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | great spoil | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=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} שְׁבָ֡א וּ֠דְדָן וְסֹחֲרֵ֨י תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁ וְכָל־כְּפִרֶ֙יהָ֙ יֹאמְר֣וּ לְךָ֔ הֲלִשְׁלֹ֤ל שָׁלָל֙ אַתָּ֣ה בָ֔א הֲלָבֹ֥ז בַּ֖ז הִקְהַ֣לְתָּ קְהָלֶ֑ךָ לָשֵׂ֣את ׀ כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֗ב לָקַ֙חַת֙ מִקְנֶ֣ה וְקִנְיָ֔ן לִשְׁלֹ֖ל שָׁלָ֥ל גָּדֽוֹל׃ס [Ezekiel 38:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1008` 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 38:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1007/) - next →: [Ezekiel 38:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1009/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 38:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.13/)