--- title: Ezekiel 21:26 (JPS 1917) — For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the h… · tree and pragmatics description: For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver. Who acts: king, way. 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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 (king, way), 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:527 # text = For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 standeth stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 24 divination divination NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 shaketh shake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 to to ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 fro fro ADV RB _ 30 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 inquireth inquire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 teraphim teraphim NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 looketh look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | the king of Babylon | | | the parting of the way | | at the head of the two ways | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at parting=Location | | 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | the king of Babylon *not said here* | divination | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent divination=Patient | | 3 | **shake** | present | king | the arrows | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* | present | king | | | | | of the teraphim | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of teraphim=Recipient | | 5 | **look** | present | king | | | | | in the liver | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in liver=Theme | | 6 | **part** | | the way | | | | | | nom parting «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} כִּֽי־עָמַ֨ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל אֶל־אֵ֣ם הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ שְׁנֵ֥י הַדְּרָכִ֖ים לִקְסָם־קָ֑סֶם קִלְקַ֤ל בַּֽחִצִּים֙ שָׁאַ֣ל בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים רָאָ֖ה בַּכָּבֵֽד׃ [Ezekiel 21:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:527` 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 21:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.526/) - next →: [Ezekiel 21:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.528/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 21:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.26/)