--- title: Ezekiel 46:1 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that looketh to… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. Who acts: Lord GOD, inner court. 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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 (Lord GOD, inner court), 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:1229 # text = Thus saith the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 5 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 looketh look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 toward toward ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 working work ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | present | the inner court | | | | | toward the east | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent toward east=Theme | | 3 | **shut** | shall · passive | | the gate of the inner court | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **open** | shall · passive | | gate | | | day | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **open** | shall · passive | | gate | | | day | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ שַׁ֜עַר הֶחָצֵ֤ר הַפְּנִימִית֙ הַפֹּנֶ֣ה קָדִ֔ים יִהְיֶ֣ה סָג֔וּר שֵׁ֖שֶׁת יְמֵ֣י הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה וּבְי֤וֹם הַשַּׁבָּת֙ יִפָּתֵ֔חַ וּבְי֥וֹם הַחֹ֖דֶשׁ יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃ [Ezekiel 46:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1229` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 45:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1228/) - next →: [Ezekiel 46:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1230/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 46:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.1/)