--- title: Ezekiel 15:4 (JPS 1917) — Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured bo… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is singed; is it profitable for any work? Who acts: fire, wood. 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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 (fire, wood), 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:306 # text = Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is singed; is it profitable for any work? 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 16 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 singed singe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 profitable profitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=assert, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast** | present · passive | | wood | | the fire | | for fuel | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material into fire=Product for fuel=Beneficiary | | 2 | **devour** | present · perfect | the fire | both ends of wood | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient | | 3 | **singe** | present · passive | | the midst of wood | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | wood | | | | | for any work; profitable *property* | 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} הִנֵּ֥ה לָאֵ֖שׁ נִתַּ֣ן לְאָכְלָ֑ה אֵת֩ שְׁנֵ֨י קְצוֹתָ֜יו אָכְלָ֤ה הָאֵשׁ֙ וְתוֹכ֣וֹ נָחָ֔ר הֲיִצְלַ֖ח לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ [Ezekiel 15:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.15.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:306` 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 15:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.305/) - next →: [Ezekiel 15:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.307/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.15.4/)