--- title: Ezekiel 38:20 (JPS 1917) — so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the… · tree and pragmatics description: so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and ev --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1015/) [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/) / [38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.20/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 38:20 · JPS 1917 so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. **Who acts:** creeping things, men, fishes, steep places, wall · **What happens:** creep, be, shake, throw down, fall · **To what, where:** ground, mountains This is Ezekiel 38:20 · 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 (creeping things, men, fishes, steep places), 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:1015 # text = so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 24 creeping creep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 creep creep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 57 down down ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 67 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 68 det _ _ 68 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 69 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 74 . . PUNCT . _ 46 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 | **creep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **creep** | present | all creeping things | | | the ground | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ground=Trajectory | | 3 | **is** | present | all men | | | | | upon the face; of the earth | tree rules | | 4 | **shake** | shall | the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the field and all creeping things and all men | | | | | at My presence | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at presence=Stimulus | | 5 | **throw down** | shall · passive | | the mountains | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | shall | the steep places | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fall** | shall | every wall | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=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} וְרָעֲשׁ֣וּ מִפָּנַ֡י דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּם֩ וְע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם וְחַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְכָל־הָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ הָרֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וְכֹל֙ הָֽאָדָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְנֶהֶרְס֣וּ הֶהָרִ֗ים וְנָֽפְלוּ֙ הַמַּדְרֵג֔וֹת וְכָל־חוֹמָ֖ה לָאָ֥רֶץ תִּפּֽוֹל׃ [Ezekiel 38:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1015` 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 38:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1014/) - next →: [Ezekiel 38:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1016/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.20/)