--- title: Ezekiel 44:11 (JPS 1917) — and they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge at the ga… · tree and pragmatics description: and they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. Who acts: Levites. 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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 (Levites), 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:1183 # text = and they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 advcl _ _ 11 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 ministering minister VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 31 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 a** | shall | Levites | ministers | | My sanctuary | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | gerund | Levites *not said here* | charge | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Patient | | 3 | **minister** | gerund | Levites *not said here* | | | the house | | | tree rules | | 4 | **slay** | shall | Levites | the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 5 | **stand** | shall | Levites | | | | before people | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before they=Location | | 6 | **minister** | to-infinitive | Levites *not said here* | | | | | unto Levites | 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} וְהָי֤וּ בְמִקְדָּשִׁי֙ מְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔ים פְּקֻדּוֹת֙ אֶל־שַׁעֲרֵ֣י הַבַּ֔יִת וּֽמְשָׁרְתִ֖ים אֶת־הַבָּ֑יִת הֵ֠מָּה יִשְׁחֲט֨וּ אֶת־הָעֹלָ֤ה וְאֶת־הַזֶּ֙בַח֙ לָעָ֔ם וְהֵ֛מָּה יַעַמְד֥וּ לִפְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְשָֽׁרְתָֽם׃ [Ezekiel 44:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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