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title: Ezekiel 17:7 (JPS 1917) — There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feather… · tree and pragmatics
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# Ezekiel 17:7 · JPS 1917

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There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

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**Who acts:** great eagle, vine, eagle · **What happens:** be, bend, shoot, water · **To what, where:** roots, branches, beds, vine

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This is Ezekiel 17:7 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (great eagle, vine, eagle), 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:382
# text = There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	vine	vine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
22	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
24	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
29	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
30	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
32	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	from	from	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	plantation	plantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	water	water	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	advcl	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | another great eagle with great wings and many feathers |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bend** | past · do-support | this vine | vine's roots |  |  |  | toward eagle | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent root=Material |
| 3 | **shoot** | past | this vine *not said here* | vine's branches |  | the beds of vine's plantation |  | toward eagle; forth *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent branch=Theme from bed=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **water** | might | eagle | vine |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

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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}

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וַיְהִ֤י נֶֽשֶׁר־אֶחָד֙ גָּד֔וֹל גְּד֥וֹל כְּנָפַ֖יִם וְרַב־נוֹצָ֑ה וְהִנֵּה֩ הַגֶּ֨פֶן הַזֹּ֜את כָּֽפְנָ֧ה שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ עָלָ֗יו וְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙ שִׁלְחָה־לּ֔וֹ לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת אוֹתָ֔הּ מֵעֲרֻג֖וֹת מַטָּעָֽהּ׃

[Ezekiel 17:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.7/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:382` of Mova's parse database.

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