--- title: Ezekiel 44:13 (JPS 1917) — And they shall not come near unto Me, to minister unto Me in the pri… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall not come near unto Me, to minister unto Me in the priest's office, nor to come near to any of My holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. Who acts: Levites, things. 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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, things), 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:1185 # text = And they shall not come near unto Me, to minister unto Me in the priest's office, nor to come near to any of My holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 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 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 near near ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 23 near near ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 any any PRON DT PronType=Ind 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 37 advmod _ _ 37 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but 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 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 abominations abomination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 . . 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 | **not** **come** | shall | Levites | | | | | unto Me; near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **minister** | to-infinitive | Levites *not said here* | | | the priest's office | | unto Me | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | Levites *not said here* | | | any | | unto the things; near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to any=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** | present | the things | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bear** | shall | Levites | Levites's shame and Levites's abominations | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Patient | | 6 | **commit** | present · perfect | Levites | Levites's abominations | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 7 | **shame** | | Levites | | | | | | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=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} וְלֹֽא־יִגְּשׁ֤וּ אֵלַי֙ לְכַהֵ֣ן לִ֔י וְלָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ עַל־כָּל־קָ֣דָשַׁ֔י אֶל־קָדְשֵׁ֖י הַקְּדָשִׁ֑ים וְנָֽשְׂאוּ֙ כְּלִמָּתָ֔ם וְתוֹעֲבוֹתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשֽׂוּ׃ [Ezekiel 44:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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