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# Ezekiel 8:3 · JPS 1917

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And the form of a hand was put forth, and I was taken by a lock of my head; and a spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

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**Who acts:** lock, spirit, inner court, image · **What happens:** put, take, lift up, bring, look, be · **To what, where:** form, I, me, earth, Jerusalem, visions

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This is Ezekiel 8:3 · 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 (lock, spirit, inner court, image), 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:149
# text = And the form of a hand was put forth, and I was taken by a lock of my head; and a spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
26	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
28	between	between	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
37	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	visions	vision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	inner	inner	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
56	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	57	nsubj	_	_
57	looketh	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	acl:relcl	_	_
58	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
61	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	65	punct	_	_
62	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	65	advmod	_	_
63	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	65	cop	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	acl:relcl	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	_
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
72	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	73	nsubj	_	_
73	provoketh	provoke	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	68	acl:relcl	_	_
74	to	to	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	_
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past · passive |  | the form of a hand |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
| 2 | **take** | past · passive | a lock of my head | I |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination |
| 3 | **lift up** | past | a spirit | me |  | the earth and the heaven |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme between earth=Destination |
| 4 | **bring** | past | a spirit *not said here* | me | Jerusalem | the visions of God |  | to the door of the gate of the inner court | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to jerusalem=Destination |
| 5 | **look** | present | the inner court |  |  |  |  | toward the north | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent toward north=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | past |  | the seat |  |  |  | of the image of jealousy | tree rules |
| 7 | **provoke** | present | the image of jealousy |  |  |  |  | to jealousy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **form** |  |  | a hand |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **image** |  |  | jealousy |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ תַּבְנִ֣ית יָ֔ד וַיִּקָּחֵ֖נִי בְּצִיצִ֣ת רֹאשִׁ֑י וַתִּשָּׂ֣א אֹתִ֣י ר֣וּחַ ׀ בֵּֽין־הָאָ֣רֶץ וּבֵ֣ין הַשָּׁמַ֡יִם וַתָּבֵא֩ אֹתִ֨י יְרוּשָׁלְַ֜מָה בְּמַרְא֣וֹת אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֶל־פֶּ֜תַח שַׁ֤עַר הַפְּנִימִית֙ הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה צָפ֔וֹנָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֣ם מוֹשַׁ֔ב סֵ֖מֶל הַקִּנְאָ֥ה הַמַּקְנֶֽה׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:149` of Mova's parse database.

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