--- title: Ezekiel 1:16 (JPS 1917) — The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour… · tree and pragmatics description: The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. Who acts: appearance, creatures. 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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 (appearance, creatures), 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:16 # text = The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 beryl beryl NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 appos _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 37 within within ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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** | past | the appearance of the wheels and creatures's work | | | | | unto the colour of a beryl; like *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | creatures *= creature* | one likeness | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent likeness=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | past | creatures's appearance and creatures's work | a wheel | | | | within a wheel | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **work** | | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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} מַרְאֵ֨ה הָאוֹפַנִּ֤ים וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ כְּעֵ֣ין תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ וּדְמ֥וּת אֶחָ֖ד לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ן וּמַרְאֵיהֶם֙ וּמַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִהְיֶ֥ה הָאוֹפַ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאוֹפָֽן׃ [Ezekiel 1:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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