--- title: Ezekiel 30:9 (JPS 1917) — In that day shall messengers go forth from before Me in ships to mak… · tree and pragmatics description: In that day shall messengers go forth from before Me in ships to make the confident Ethiopians afraid; and there shall come convulsion upon them in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh. Who acts: messengers, convulsion. 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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 (messengers, convulsion), 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:779 # text = In that day shall messengers go forth from before Me in ships to make the confident Ethiopians afraid; and there shall come convulsion upon them in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 confident confident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Ethiopians ethiopian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 24 convulsion convulsion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 lo lo INTJ UH _ 38 discourse _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | shall | messengers | | | ships | day | from Me; forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from i=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | messengers *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **come** | shall | convulsion | | | there | day | upon children *= child* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location | | 4 | **come** | present | convulsion | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: 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} בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יֵצְא֨וּ מַלְאָכִ֤ים מִלְּפָנַי֙ בַּצִּ֔ים לְהַחֲרִ֖יד אֶת־כּ֣וּשׁ בֶּ֑טַח וְהָיְתָ֨ה חַלְחָלָ֤ה בָהֶם֙ בְּי֣וֹם מִצְרַ֔יִם כִּ֥י הִנֵּ֖ה בָּאָֽה׃ס [Ezekiel 30:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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