--- title: Ezekiel 43:13 (JPS 1917) — And these are the measures of the altar by cubits — the cubit is a c… · tree and pragmatics description: And these are the measures of the altar by cubits — the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar. Who acts: these, cubit, bottom, this. 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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 (these, cubit, bottom, this), 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:1158 # text = And these are the measures of the altar by cubits — the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 11 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 handbreadth handbreadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:unmarked _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 37 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 round round ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 43 about about ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 span span NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | these | the measures and the base | | | | of the altar; by cubits | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the cubit | a cubit and a handbreadth | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | shall | the bottom | a cubit and the breadth a cubit and the border by the edge | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | shall | this | the base | | | | of the altar | 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} וְאֵ֨לֶּה מִדּ֤וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בָּֽאַמּ֔וֹת אַמָּ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה וָטֹ֑פַח וְחֵ֨יק הָאַמָּ֜ה וְאַמָּה־רֹ֗חַב וּגְבוּלָ֨הּ אֶל־שְׂפָתָ֤הּ סָבִיב֙ זֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ד וְזֶ֖ה גַּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ [Ezekiel 43:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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