--- title: Ezekiel 46:12 (JPS 1917) — And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offer… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day; then he shall --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1240/) [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/) / [46:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.12/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 46:12 · JPS 1917 And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day; then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. **Who acts:** prince, one, gate · **What happens:** prepare, burn, open, look, do, go · **To what, where:** freewill offering, gate, burnt offering This is Ezekiel 46:12 · 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, one, gate), 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:1240 # text = And when the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering unto the LORD, one shall open for him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, as he doth on the sabbath day; then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 freewill freewill NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 10 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 19 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 freewill freewill NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ _ 24 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 looketh look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 toward toward ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 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 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 47 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 52 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ _ 54 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 doth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 64 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 67 advmod _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 68 forth forth ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 77 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 71 after after SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 72 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 77 advcl _ _ 74 forth forth ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 75 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 80 . . PUNCT . _ 31 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 | **prepare** | shall | the prince | a freewill offering and a burnt offering as a freewill offering unto the LORD or peace offerings | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 2 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **open** | shall | one | the gate | | | | for prince | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme | | 4 | **look** | present | the gate | | | | | toward the east | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent toward east=Theme | | 5 | **prepare** | shall | prince | prince's burnt offering and prince's peace offerings | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 6 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** | present | prince | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **go** | shall | prince | | | | then | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **go** | gerund | prince | | | | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **shut** | shall | one | the gate | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gate=Patient | | 11 | **offer** | | prince | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **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} וְכִֽי־יַעֲשֶׂה֩ הַנָּשִׂ֨יא נְדָבָ֜ה עוֹלָ֣ה אֽוֹ־שְׁלָמִים֮ נְדָבָ֣ה לַֽיהוָה֒ וּפָ֣תַֽח ל֗וֹ אֶתהַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ הַפֹּנֶ֣ה קָדִ֔ים וְעָשָׂ֤ה אֶת־עֹֽלָתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־שְׁלָמָ֔יו כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וְיָצָ֛א וְסָגַ֥ר אֶת־הַשַּׁ֖עַר אַחֲרֵ֥י צֵאתֽוֹ׃ [Ezekiel 46:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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