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title: Ezekiel 9:2 (JPS 1917) — And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which liet… · tree and pragmatics
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# Ezekiel 9:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2

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And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn on his side.

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**Who acts:** six men, upper gate, one man · **What happens:** come, lie, clothe · **To what, where:** way

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This is Ezekiel 9:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (six men, upper gate, one man), 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:167
# text = And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn on his side.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	lieth	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	weapon	weapon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
34	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	nummod	_	_
35	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nmod	_	_
41	clothed	clothe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod:poss	_	_
48	's	's	PART	POS	_	47	case	_	_
49	inkhorn	inkhorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
50	on	on	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **come** | past | six men |  |  | the way of the upper gate |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from way=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **lie** | present | the upper gate |  |  |  |  | toward the north | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **clothe** | past | one man in the midst of ears |  |  |  |  | with a writer's inkhorn on man's side; in linen | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in linen=Theme |

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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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וְהִנֵּ֣ה שִׁשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֡ים בָּאִ֣ים ׀ מִדֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֨עַר הָעֶלְי֜וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ מָפְנֶ֣ה צָפ֗וֹנָה וְאִ֨ישׁ כְּלִ֤י מַפָּצוֹ֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וְאִישׁ־אֶחָ֤ד בְּתוֹכָם֙ לָבֻ֣שׁ בַּדִּ֔ים וְקֶ֥סֶת הַסֹּפֵ֖ר בְּמָתְנָ֑יו וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל מִזְבַּ֥ח הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃

[Ezekiel 9:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.9.2/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. **And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn on his side.**
2. [And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.168/)

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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:167` of Mova's parse database.

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