--- title: Ezekiel 47:13 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the Lord GOD: 'This shall be the border, whereby ye shall… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the Lord GOD: 'This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel, Joseph receiving two portions. Who acts: Lord GOD, This, ye, Joseph. 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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, This, ye, Joseph), 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:1266 # text = Thus saith the Lord GOD: 'This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel, Joseph receiving two portions. 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 : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 8 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 case _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 receiving receive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 advcl _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none | # | 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 | **is a** | shall | This | the border | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **divide** | shall | ye | the land | | | | for inheritance; accord the twelve tribes of Israel; whereby *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **receive** | gerund | Joseph | two portions | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | 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} כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה גֵּ֤ה גְבוּל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתְנַחֲל֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ לִשְׁנֵ֥י עָשָׂ֖ר שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יוֹסֵ֖ף חֲבָלִֽים׃ [Ezekiel 47:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1266` 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 47:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1265/) - next →: [Ezekiel 47:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1267/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 47:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.13/)