--- title: Ezekiel 45:4 (JPS 1917) — It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the m… · tree and pragmatics description: It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto the LORD; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a place consecrated for the sanctuary. Who acts: length, priests. 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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 (length, priests), 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:1207 # text = It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto the LORD; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a place consecrated for the sanctuary. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 25 near near ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 45 consecrated consecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 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** | present | length | a holy portion and a place and a place | | | | of the land | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | shall | length | | | | | for the priests and the ministers of the sanctuary | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | present | the priests and the ministers of the sanctuary | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the priests and the ministers of the sanctuary *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | shall | length | a place and a place | | | | for ministers's houses | tree rules | | 6 | **consecrate** | participle | | a place *not said here* | | | | for the sanctuary | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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} קֹ֣דֶשׁ מִן־הָאָ֜רֶץ ה֗וּא לַכֹּ֨הֲנִ֜ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֤י הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ יִֽהְיֶ֔ה הַקְּרֵבִ֖ים לְשָׁרֵ֣ת אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְהָיָ֨ה לָהֶ֤ם מָקוֹם֙ לְבָ֣תִּ֔ים וּמִקְדָּ֖שׁ לַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ׃ [Ezekiel 45:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.45.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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