--- title: Ezekiel 44:17 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner co… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. Who acts: children, wool. 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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 (children, wool), 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:1189 # text = And it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 enter enter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 minister minister VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 within within ADV RB _ 39 conj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | present | children *= child* | | | the gates of the inner court | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **clothe** | shall · passive | | children *= child* | | | | with linen garments | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **come** | shall | no wool | | | | | upon children *= child* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location | | 4 | **minister** | present | children *= child* | | | the gates of the inner court | | | 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} וְהָיָ֗ה בְּבוֹאָם֙ אֶֽל־שַׁעֲרֵי֙ הֶחָצֵ֣ר הַפְּנִימִ֔ית בִּגְדֵ֥י פִשְׁתִּ֖ים יִלְבָּ֑שׁוּ וְלֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֤ה עֲלֵיהֶם֙ צֶ֔מֶר בְּשָֽׁרְתָ֗ם בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֛י הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִ֖ית וָבָֽיְתָה׃ [Ezekiel 44:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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