--- title: Ezekiel 21:16 (JPS 1917) — And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled; the sword,… · tree and pragmatics description: And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled; the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 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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: 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:516 # text = And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled; the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 furbished furbish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 handled handle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 sharpened sharpen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 yea yea INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 furbished furbish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 slayer slayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | sword | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **furbish** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **handle** | may · passive | | sword | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **sharpen** | present · passive | | the sword | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **furbish** | present · passive | | sword | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | | sword | | the hand of the slayer | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛הּ לְמָרְטָ֖ה לִתְפֹּ֣שׂ בַּכָּ֑ף הִֽיא־הוּחַ֤דָּה חֶ֙רֶב֙ וְהִ֣יא מֹרָ֔טָּה לָתֵ֥ת אוֹתָ֖הּ בְּיַד־הוֹרֵֽג׃ [Ezekiel 21:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:516` 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 21:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.515/) - next →: [Ezekiel 21:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.517/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 21:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.16/)