--- title: Ezekiel 44:22 (JPS 1917) — Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put… · tree and pragmatics description: Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest. Who acts: children, widow. 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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, widow), 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:1194 # text = Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest. 1 Neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 4 cc _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 conj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 22 virgins virgin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | children *= child* | a widow | | | | for children's wives | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent widow=Theme for wife=Beneficiary | | 2 | **put away** | present · passive | | | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 3 | **take** | shall | children *= child* | virgins of the seed of the house of Israel or a widow | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virgin=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | a widow | the widow | | | | of a priest | 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} וְאַלְמָנָה֙ וּגְרוּשָׁ֔ה לֹֽא־יִקְח֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם לְנָשִׁ֑ים כִּ֣י אִם־בְּתוּלֹ֗ת מִזֶּ֙רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה אַלְמָנָ֔ה מִכֹּהֵ֖ן יִקָּֽחוּ׃ [Ezekiel 44:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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