--- title: Ezekiel 46:9 (JPS 1917) — But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the ap… · tree and pragmatics description: But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the appointed seasons, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate; he shall not retur --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1237/) [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/) / [46:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.9/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 46:9 · JPS 1917 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the appointed seasons, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate; he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him. **Who acts:** people, prince · **What happens:** come, appoint, enter, worship, go, not return This is Ezekiel 46:9 · 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 (people, prince), 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:1237 # text = But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the appointed seasons, he that entereth by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate; he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth straight before him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 entereth enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 32 forth forth ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 entereth enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 54 forth forth ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 66 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 67 by by ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 73 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Rel 75 advmod _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 acl:relcl _ _ 76 in in ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 77 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 78 but but CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 79 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ _ 81 forth forth ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 82 straight straight ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 83 before before ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obl _ _ 85 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | the people of the land | | | | before the LORD; season | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before lord=Location | | 2 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **enter** | present | | | | | | by the way of the north gate | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **worship** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** | shall | prince | | | | | by the way of the south gate; forth *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by way=Location | | 6 | **enter** | present | | | | | | by the way of the south gate | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | shall | prince | | | | | by the way of the north gate; forth *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by way=Location | | 8 | **not** **return** | shall | prince | | | | | by the way of the gate | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **come in** | past | prince | | | | | whereby *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **go** | shall | prince *not said here* | | | | before prince | forth *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before he=Location | 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} וּבְב֨וֹא עַם־הָאָ֜רֶץ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָה֮ בַּמּֽוֹעֲדִים֒ הַבָּ֡א דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֨עַר צָפ֜וֹן לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֗ת יֵצֵא֙ דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר נֶ֔גֶב וְהַבָּא֙ דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר נֶ֔גֶב יֵצֵ֖א דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר צָפ֑וֹנָה לֹ֣א יָשׁ֗וּב דֶּ֤רֶךְ הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א ב֔וֹ כִּ֥י נִכְח֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא׃ [Ezekiel 46:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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