--- title: Ezekiel 44:24 (JPS 1917) — And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to Mine or… · tree and pragmatics description: And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to Mine ordinances shall they judge it; and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed seasons, and they shall hallow My sabbaths. Who acts: children, Mine. 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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, Mine), 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:1196 # text = And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to Mine ordinances shall they judge it; and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed seasons, and they shall hallow My sabbaths. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 controversy controversy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 according accord ADP VBG _ 14 case _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 24 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 31 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 hallow hallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 39 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sabbaths sabbath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **stand** | shall | children *= child* | | | a controversy | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in controversy=Location | | 2 | **judge** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **judge** | shall | children *= child* | controversy | | | | accord Mine ordinances | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value | | 4 | **keep** | shall | children *= child* | My laws and My statutes | | | season | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme | | 5 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hallow** | shall | children *= child* | My sabbaths | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ordain** | | Mine | | | | | | nom ordinance «communication 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} וְעַל־רִ֗יב הֵ֚מָּה יַעַמְד֣וּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י יִשְׁפְּט֑וּהוּוְאֶת־תּוֹרֹתַ֤י וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ בְּכָל־מוֹעֲדַ֣י יִשְׁמֹ֔רוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י יְקַדֵּֽשׁוּ׃ [Ezekiel 44:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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