--- title: Ezekiel 26:8 (JPS 1917) — He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shal… · tree and pragmatics description: He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and set up bucklers against thee. Who acts: GOD. 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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 (GOD), 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:673 # text = He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and set up bucklers against thee. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 forts fort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 against against ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 bucklers buckler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | shall | GOD | thy daughters | | the field | | with the sword | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 2 | **make** | shall | GOD | forts | | | | against thee | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fort=Product | | 3 | **cast up** | infinitive | GOD *not said here* | a mound | | thee | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mound=Theme against thou=Destination | | 4 | **set up** | infinitive | GOD *not said here* | bucklers | | thee | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent buckler=Theme against thou=Destination | 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} בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה בַּחֶ֣רֶב יַהֲרֹ֑ג וְנָתַ֨ן עָלַ֜יִךְ דָּיֵ֗ק וְשָׁפַ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ סֹֽלְלָ֔ה וְהֵקִ֥ים עָלַ֖יִךְ צִנָּֽה׃ [Ezekiel 26:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:673` 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 26:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.672/) - next →: [Ezekiel 26:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.674/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 26:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.8/)