--- title: Ezekiel 44:2 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto me: 'This gate shall be shut, it shall not be… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto me: 'This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut. Who acts: LORD, man. 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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 (LORD, man), 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:1174 # text = And the LORD said unto me: 'This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 9 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 25 cc _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 26 in in ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 39 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 41 in in ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **shut** | shall · passive | | this gate | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **not** **open** | shall · passive | | gate | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **enter** | shall | any man | | | | | by gate | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | by gate | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shut** | shall · passive | | gate | | | | therefore *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלַ֜י יְהוָ֗ה הַשַּׁ֣עַר הַזֶּה֩ סָג֨וּר יִהְיֶ֜ה לֹ֣א יִפָּתֵ֗חַ וְאִישׁ֙ לֹא־יָ֣בֹא ב֔וֹ כִּ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּ֣א ב֑וֹ וְהָיָ֖ה סָגֽוּר׃ [Ezekiel 44:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1174` 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 44:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1173/) - next →: [Ezekiel 44:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1175/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 44:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.2/)