--- title: Ezekiel 38:16 (JPS 1917) — and thou shalt come up against My people Israel, as a cloud to cover… · tree and pragmatics description: and thou shalt come up against My people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the end of days, and I will bring thee against My land, that the nations may know Me, when I shall be sanctified through thee, O Gog, before their eyes. Who acts: thou, land, I, 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 (thou, land, I, 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:1011 # text = and thou shalt come up against My people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the end of days, and I will bring thee against My land, that the nations may know Me, when I shall be sanctified through thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 42 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 sanctified sanctify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 49 through through ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 O o INTJ UH _ 53 discourse _ _ 53 Gog Gog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 before before ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=promise, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | shall | thou | | | | | against My people | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against people=Location | | 2 | **cover** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Destination | | 3 | **is** | shall | land | | | | in the end; day | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | future | I | thee | | My land | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme against land=Destination | | 5 | **know** | may | the nations | Me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **sanctify** | shall · passive | | I | | thee | before peoples's eyes | | tree rules | 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} וְעָלִ֙יתָ֙ עַל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֶּֽעָנָ֖ן לְכַסּ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית הַיָּמִ֜ים תִּֽהְיֶ֗ה וַהֲבִאוֹתִ֙יךָ֙ עַל־אַרְצִ֔י לְמַעַן֩ דַּ֨עַת הַגּוֹיִ֜ם אֹתִ֗י בְּהִקָּדְשִׁ֥י בְךָ֛ לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם גּֽוֹג׃ס [Ezekiel 38:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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