--- title: Ezekiel 25:9 (JPS 1917) — therefore, behold, I will open the flank of Moab on the side of the… · tree and pragmatics description: therefore, behold, I will open the flank of Moab on the side of the cities, on the side of his cities which are on his frontiers, the beauteous country of Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, Who acts: I, cities. 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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 (I, cities), 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:657 # text = therefore, behold, I will open the flank of Moab on the side of the cities, on the side of his cities which are on his frontiers, the beauteous country of Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, 1 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flank flank NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 frontiers frontier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 beauteous beauteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 37 jeshimoth jeshimoth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 Baal baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ _ 41 meon meon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 Kiriathaim Kiriathaim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | future | I | the flank of Moab | | the side of the cities | | on the side of GOD's cities; therefore *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent flank=Theme on side=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | GOD's cities | | | GOD's frontiers | | | 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} לָכֵן֩ הִנְנִ֨י פֹתֵ֜חַ אֶת־כֶּ֤תֶף מוֹאָב֙ מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים מֵֽעָרָ֖יו מִקָּצֵ֑הוּ צְבִ֗י אֶ֚רֶץ בֵּ֣ית הַיְשִׁימֹ֔ת בֵּ֣ית הַיְשִׁימֹ֔ת בַּ֥עַל מְע֖וֹן בַּ֥עַל מְע֖וֹן וְקִרְיָתָֽיְמָה׃ [Ezekiel 25:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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