--- title: Ezekiel 40:21 (JPS 1917) — And the cells thereof were three on this side and three on that side… · tree and pragmatics description: And the cells thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. Who acts: cells, posts, length. 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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 (cells, posts, length), 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:1069 # text = And the cells thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 posts post NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 19 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 arches arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 23 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 amod _ _ 31 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 43 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 conj _ _ 46 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod:unmarked _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is a** | past | the cells | three and the measure and fifty cubits and the breadth five cubits | | this side | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the posts and the arches | | | | after the measure | of the first gate | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | the length | fifty cubits and the breadth five cubits | | | | | 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} וְתָאָ֗יו שְׁלוֹשָׁ֤ה מִפּוֹ֙ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה מִפּ֔וֹ וְאֵילָ֤יו וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙ הָיָ֔ה כְּמִדַּ֖ת הַשַּׁ֣עַר הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אָרְכּ֔וֹ וְרֹ֕חַב חָמֵ֥שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים בָּאַמָּֽה׃ [Ezekiel 40:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1069` 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 40:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1068/) - next →: [Ezekiel 40:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1070/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 40:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.21/)