--- title: Ezekiel 44:3 (JPS 1917) — As for the prince, being a prince, he shall sit therein to eat bread… · tree and pragmatics description: As for the prince, being a prince, he shall sit therein to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.' Who acts: LORD. 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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), 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:1175 # text = As for the prince, being a prince, he shall sit therein to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.' 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 therein therein ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 out out ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 same same NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | LORD *not said here* | a prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | shall | LORD | | | | | as the prince; therein *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | bread | | | before the LORD | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 4 | **enter** | shall | LORD | | | | | by the way of the porch of the gate | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go out** | shall | LORD *not said here* | | | | | by the way of the same; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} אֶֽת־הַנָּשִׂ֗יא נָ֥שִׂיא ה֛וּא יֵֽשֶׁב־בּ֥וֹ לֶאֱכָול־לֶ֖חֶםלִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִדֶּ֨רֶךְ אֻלָ֤ם הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ יָב֔וֹא וּמִדַּרְכּ֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא׃ [Ezekiel 44:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1175` 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 44:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1174/) - next →: [Ezekiel 44:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1176/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 44:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.3/)