--- title: Ezekiel 1:23 (JPS 1917) — And under the firmament were their wings conformable the one to the… · tree and pragmatics description: And under the firmament were their wings conformable the one to the other; this one of them had two which covered, and that one of them had two which covered, their bodies. Who acts: wings, one. 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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 (wings, one), 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:23 # text = And under the firmament were their wings conformable the one to the other; this one of them had two which covered, and that one of them had two which covered, their bodies. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 firmament firmament NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 conformable conformable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obj _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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 | creatures's wings | | | the firmament | | the one to the other *obl*; conformable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | this one of creatures | two | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient | | 3 | **cover** | past | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | that one of creatures | two | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient | | 5 | **cover** | past | | creatures's bodies | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Destination | 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} וְתַ֙חַת֙ הָרָקִ֔יעַ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֣ם יְשָׁר֔וֹת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָ֑הּ לְאִ֗ישׁ שְׁתַּ֤יִם מְכַסּוֹת֙ לָהֵ֔נָּה וּלְאִ֗ישׁ שְׁתַּ֤יִם מְכַסּוֹת֙ לָהֵ֔נָּה אֵ֖ת גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃ [Ezekiel 1:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:23` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 1:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.22/) - next →: [Ezekiel 1:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.24/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 1:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.23/)