--- title: Ezekiel 1:20 (JPS 1917) — Whithersoever the spirit was to go, as the spirit was to go thither,… · tree and pragmatics description: Whithersoever the spirit was to go, as the spirit was to go thither, so they went; and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. Who acts: spirit, 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 (spirit, 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:20 # text = Whithersoever the spirit was to go, as the spirit was to go thither, so they went; and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 1 Whithersoever whithersoever ADV WRB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 thither thither ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 beside beside ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ _ 40 . . 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 | **is** | past | the spirit | | | | | go, whithersoever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | the spirit | | | | | thither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lift up** | past · passive | | the wheels | | | | beside creatures *= creature* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme beside they=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | the spirit of the living creature | | | the wheels | | | tree rules | 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} עַ֣ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יִֽהְיֶה־שָּׁ֨ם הָר֤וּחַ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ יֵלֵ֔כוּ שָׁ֥מָּה הָר֖וּחַ לָלֶ֑כֶת וְהָאוֹפַנִּ֗ים יִנָּשְׂאוּ֙ לְעֻמָּתָ֔ם כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ הַחַיָּ֖ה בָּאוֹפַנִּֽים׃ [Ezekiel 1:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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