--- title: Ezekiel 1:27 (JPS 1917) — And I saw as the colour of electrum, as the appearance of fire round… · tree and pragmatics description: And I saw as the colour of electrum, as the appearance of fire round about enclosing it, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 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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 (I, appearance, brightness), 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:27 # text = And I saw as the colour of electrum, as the appearance of fire round about enclosing it, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 electrum electrum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 round round ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 about about ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 enclosing enclose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 acl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 loins loin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 upward upward ADV RB _ 25 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 loins loin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 downward downward ADV RB _ 35 conj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 advcl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 50 expl _ _ 50 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 51 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 52 round round ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 about about ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **see** | past | I | | | | | as the colour of electrum; as the appearance of fire | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as colour=Attribute | | 2 | **enclose** | gerund | the appearance of fire *not said here* | appearance | | the appearance of likeness's loins | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | I | | | the appearance of likeness's loins | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | appearance | the appearance | | | | of fire | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | brightness | | | there | | about likeness | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about he=Location | 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} וָאֵ֣רֶא ׀ כְּעֵ֣ין חַשְׁמַ֗ל כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֤שׁ בֵּֽית־לָהּ֙ סָבִ֔יב מִמַּרְאֵ֥ה מָתְנָ֖יו וּלְמָ֑עְלָה וּמִמַּרְאֵ֤ה מָתְנָיו֙ וּלְמַ֔טָּה רָאִ֙יתִי֙ כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֔שׁ וְנֹ֥גַֽהּ ל֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃ [Ezekiel 1:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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