--- title: Ezekiel 28:16 (JPS 1917) — By the multitude of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with v… · tree and pragmatics description: By the multitude of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Who acts: ways, thou, I. 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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 (ways, thou, I), 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:739 # text = By the multitude of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 traffic traffic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obj _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 profane profane ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 O o INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ _ 42 covering cover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 amod _ _ 43 cherub cherub NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | past | ways *= way* | the midst of thee | | | | by the multitude of thy traffic; with violence | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent midst=Patient with violence=Instrument | | 2 | **sin** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cast** | present · perfect | I | thee | | the mountain of God | | profane, therefore *property* | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thou=Theme out mountain=Destination | | 4 | **destroy** | present · perfect | I | thee | | the midst of the stones of fire | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 5 | **cover** | gerund | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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} בְּרֹ֣ב רְכֻלָּתְךָ֗ מָל֧וּ תוֹכְךָ֛ חָמָ֖ס וַֽתֶּחֱטָ֑א וָאֶחַלֶּלְךָ֩ מֵהַ֨ר אֱלֹהִ֤ים וָֽאַבֶּדְךָ֙ כְּר֣וּב הַסֹּכֵ֔ךְ מִתּ֖וֹךְ אַבְנֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃ [Ezekiel 28:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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