--- title: Ezekiel 16:55 (JPS 1917) — And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their form… · tree and pragmatics description: And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. Who acts: sisters, Samaria, thou. 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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 (sisters, Samaria, thou), 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:367 # text = And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Sodom Sodom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | shall | thy sisters | | | | | to daughters's former estate *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to estate=Result | | 2 | **return** | shall | Samaria and sister's daughters | | | | | to Samaria's former estate *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to estate=Result | | 3 | **return** | shall | thou | | | | | to your former estate *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to estate=Result | 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} וַאֲחוֹתַ֗יִךְ סְדֹ֤ם וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ תָּשֹׁ֣בְןָ לְקַדְמָתָ֔ן וְשֹֽׁמְרוֹן֙ וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ תָּשֹׁ֖בְןָ לְקַדְמָתָ֑ן וְאַתְּ֙ וּבְנוֹתַ֔יִךְ תְּשֻׁבֶ֖ינָה לְקַדְמַתְכֶֽן׃ [Ezekiel 16:55: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.55/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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