--- title: Ezekiel 46:17 (JPS 1917) — But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it… · tree and pragmatics description: But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons. Who acts: GOD, 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 (GOD, 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:1245 # text = But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 35 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 38 case _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 parataxis _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | GOD | a gift | one of GOD's servants | | | of GOD's inheritance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to one=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | shall | gift | GOD | | | year | | tree rules | | 3 | **return** | shall | gift | | | | then | to the prince *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to prince=Result | | 4 | **is** | shall | gift | | | | | for GOD's sons; as GOD's inheritance | tree rules | | 5 | **inherit** | | GOD | | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **inherit** | | GOD | | | | | | nom inheritance «act 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־יִתֵּ֨ן מַתָּנָ֜ה מִנַּחֲלָת֗וֹ לְאַחַד֙ מֵֽעֲבָדָ֔יו וְהָ֤יְתָה לּוֹ֙ עַד־שְׁנַ֣ת הַדְּר֔וֹר וְשָׁבַ֖ת לַנָּשִׂ֑יא אַ֚ךְ נַחֲלָת֔וֹ בָּנָ֖יו לָהֶ֥ם תִּהְיֶֽה׃ [Ezekiel 46:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1245` 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 46:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1244/) - next →: [Ezekiel 46:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1246/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 46:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.46.17/)