--- title: Ezekiel 48:22 (JPS 1917) — Thus the possession of the Levites, and the possession of the city,… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus the possession of the Levites, and the possession of the city, shall be in the midst of that which is the prince's; between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be the prince's. Who acts: possession. 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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 (possession), 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:1302 # text = Thus the possession of the Levites, and the possession of the city, shall be in the midst of that which is the prince's; between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be the prince's. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nmod _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 28 between between ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ _ 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 19 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 | **is** | shall | the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city | | | the midst | | of that; thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | 's the prince | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | shall | | | | | | 's the prince; between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin | tree rules | | 4 | **possess** | | | the Levites | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **possess** | | | the city | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} וּמֵאֲחֻזַּ֤ת הַלְוִיִּם֙ וּמֵאֲחֻזַּ֣ת הָעִ֔יר בְּת֛וֹךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַנָּשִׂ֖יא יִֽהְיֶ֑ה בֵּ֣ין ׀ גְּב֣וּל יְהוּדָ֗ה וּבֵין֙ גְּב֣וּל בִּנְיָמִ֔ן לַנָּשִׂ֖יא יִהְיֶֽה׃ [Ezekiel 48:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.48.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1302` 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 48:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1301/) - next →: [Ezekiel 48:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1303/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 48:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.48.22/)