--- title: Ezekiel 43:17 (JPS 1917) — And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in th… · tree and pragmatics description: And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.' Who acts: settle, border, bottom, steps. 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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 (settle, border, bottom, steps), 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:1162 # text = And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 settle settle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 6 fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 25 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 32 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 42 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 45 toward toward ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 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** | shall | the settle | | | | | by fourteen broad; fourteen cubits *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | shall | the border about settle | half cubit | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | shall | the bottom | a cubit | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | shall | the steps | | | | | toward the east | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent toward east=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} וְהָעֲזָרָ֞ה אַרְבַּ֧ע עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אֹ֗רֶךְ בְּאַרְבַּ֤ע עֶשְׂרֵה֙ רֹ֔חַב אֶ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣עַת רְבָעֶ֑יהָ וְהַגְּבוּל סָבִ֨יב אוֹתָ֜הּ חֲצִ֣י הָאַמָּ֗ה וְהַֽחֵיק־לָ֤הּ אַמָּה֙ סָבִ֔יב וּמַעֲלֹתֵ֖הוּ פְּנ֥וֹת קָדִֽים׃ [Ezekiel 43:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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