--- title: Ezekiel 26:12 (JPS 1917) — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy me… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy the houses of thy delight; and thy stones and thy timber and thy dust shall they lay in the midst of the waters. Who acts: pillars, thy. 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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 (pillars, thy), 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:677 # text = And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy the houses of thy delight; and thy stones and thy timber and thy dust shall they lay in the midst of the waters. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 riches riches NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 merchandise merchandise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **make** | shall | pillars *= pillar* | a spoil of thy riches | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spoil=Product | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | pillars *= pillar* *not said here* | a prey of thy merchandise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prey=Product | | 3 | **break down** | shall | pillars *= pillar* | thy walls | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient | | 4 | **destroy** | infinitive | pillars *= pillar* *not said here* | the houses of thy delight | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 5 | **lay** | shall | pillars *= pillar* | thy stones and thy timber and thy dust | | the midst of the waters | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme in midst=Destination | | 6 | **spoil** | | | thy riches | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **delight** | | thy | | | | | | nom delight «feeling intransitive»: poss=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} וְשָׁלְל֣וּ חֵילֵ֗ךְ וּבָֽזְזוּ֙ רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְ וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ וּבָתֵּ֥י חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ יִתֹּ֑צוּ וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙ וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְ בְּת֥וֹךְ מַ֖יִם יָשִֽׂימוּ׃ [Ezekiel 26:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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