--- title: Ezekiel 10:11 (JPS 1917) — When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not a… · tree and pragmatics description: When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. Who acts: hands, head. Ezekiel 10:11 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.188/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/10/) / [10:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.10.11/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 10:11 · JPS 1917 When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. **Who acts:** hands, head · **What happens:** go, not turn, look, follow · **To what, where:** four sides, head, place This is Ezekiel 10:11 · 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 (hands, head), 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:188 # text = When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 toward toward ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 23 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **go** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | hands *= hand* | | | hands's four sides | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward side=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **turn** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look** | past | the head | | | | | whither *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **follow** | past | hands *= hand* | head | | the place | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme to place=Trajectory | | 7 | **not** **turn** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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} בְּלֶכְתָּ֗ם אֶל־אַרְבַּ֤עַת רִבְעֵיהֶם֙ יֵלֵ֔כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּ֑ם כִּ֣י הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִפְנֶ֤ה הָרֹאשׁ֙ אַחֲרָ֣יו יֵלֵ֔כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּֽם׃ [Ezekiel 10:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.10.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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