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title: Ezekiel 40:46 (JPS 1917) — And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priest… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister unto Him.' Who acts: prospect, chamber, these, Zadok. Ezekiel 40:46 in JPS 1917 with its depen
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# Ezekiel 40:46 · JPS 1917

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And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister unto Him.'

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**Who acts:** prospect, chamber, these, Zadok, north · **What happens:** be, come, minister, prospect, charge · **To what, where:** sons, LORD, altar

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This is Ezekiel 40:46 · 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 (prospect, chamber, these, Zadok), 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:1094
# text = And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister unto Him.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prospect	prospect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	appos	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
24	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	27	nsubj	_	_
25	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	parataxis	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Zadok	Zadok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
31	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
32	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	among	among	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Levi	Levi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
38	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
39	near	near	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	minister	minister	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	_
45	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
48	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the north's prospect |  |  |  |  | toward the north | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the chamber |  |  |  |  | for the priests | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | these | the sons |  |  |  | of Zadok | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** | present | Zadok |  | the LORD |  |  | from the sons of Levi; near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from son=Initial\_Location to lord=Destination |
| 5 | **minister** | to-infinitive | Zadok *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto Levi | tree rules |
| 6 | **prospect** |  | the north |  |  |  |  |  | nom prospect «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **charge** |  |  | the altar |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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וְהַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר פָּנֶ֙יהָ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַצָּפ֔וֹן לַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים שֹׁמְרֵ֖י מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ הֵ֣מָּה בְנֵֽי־צָד֗וֹק הַקְּרֵבִ֧ים מִבְּנֵֽי־לֵוִ֛י אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה לְשָׁרְתֽוֹ׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1094` of Mova's parse database.

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