--- title: Ezekiel 46:2 (JPS 1917) — And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate witho… · tree and pragmatics description: And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate; then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1230/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/46/) / [46:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.2/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 46:2 · JPS 1917 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate; then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. **Who acts:** prince, priests · **What happens:** enter, stand, prepare, burn, worship, go · **To what, where:** burnt offering, threshold, gate This is Ezekiel 46:2 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (prince, 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:1230 # text = And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate; then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 without without ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 53 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 57 forth forth ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 shut shut VERB VBN VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 66 until until ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 . . 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 | **enter** | shall | the prince | | | | | by the way of the porch of the gate; without *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | shall | the prince *not said here* | | | | | by the post of the gate | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by post=Location | | 3 | **prepare** | shall | the priests | prince's burnt offering and prince's peace offerings | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **worship** | shall | prince | | | the threshold of the gate | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **go** | shall | prince | | | | then | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **shut** | shall · passive | | the gate | | | evening | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **offer** | | prince | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **offer** | | prince | | | | | | nom offering «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} וּבָ֣א הַנָּשִׂ֡יא דֶּרֶךְ֩ אוּלָ֨ם הַשַּׁ֜עַר מִח֗וּץ וְעָמַד֙ עַל־מְזוּזַ֣ת הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְעָשׂ֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים אֶת־עֽוֹלָתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־שְׁלָמָ֔יו וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוָ֛ה עַל־מִפְתַּ֥ן הַשַּׁ֖עַר וְיָצָ֑א וְהַשַּׁ֥עַר לֹֽא־יִסָּגֵ֖ר עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ [Ezekiel 46:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1230` 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 46:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1229/) - next →: [Ezekiel 46:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1231/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 46:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.2/)