--- title: Ezekiel 46:16 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the Lord GOD: If the prince give a gift unto any of his s… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the Lord GOD: If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. Who acts: Lord GOD, prince, gift. 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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, prince, gift), 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:1244 # text = Thus saith the Lord GOD: If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. 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 compound _ _ 5 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 If if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=assert | # | 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 | | 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the prince | a gift | | | | unto any | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | gift | prince's inheritance | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **belong** | shall | gift | | | | | to prince's sons | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | gift | offering's possession | | | | by inheritance | tree rules | 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} כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה כִּֽי־יִתֵּ֨ן הַנָּשִׂ֤יא מַתָּנָה֙ לְאִ֣ישׁ מִבָּנָ֔יו נַחֲלָת֥וֹ הִ֖יא לְבָנָ֣יו תִּֽהְיֶ֑ה אֲחֻזָּתָ֥ם הִ֖יא בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃ [Ezekiel 46:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1244` 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 46:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1243/) - next →: [Ezekiel 46:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1245/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 46:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.16/)