--- title: Ezekiel 4:9 (JPS 1917) — Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils,… · tree and pragmatics description: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof. Who acts: thou. 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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 (thou), 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:78 # text = Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof. 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 obl _ _ 6 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 lentils lentil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 millet millet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 spelt spelt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 36 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 case _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 even even ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 52 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 conj _ _ 56 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nsubj _ _ 60 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 61 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | infinitive | thou | wheat and barley and beans and lentils and millet and spelt | | | | unto thee | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | wheat | | one vessel | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in vessel=Destination | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary bread=Product | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lie** | shall | thou | the days | | | day | upon thy side | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | shall | thou | | | | | accord the number of the days; thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־לְךָ֡ חִטִּ֡ין וּ֠שְׂעֹרִים וּפ֨וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֜ים וְדֹ֣חַן וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ בִּכְלִ֣י אֶחָ֔ד וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ אוֹתָ֛ם לְךָ֖ לְלָ֑חֶם מִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה ׀ שׁוֹכֵ֣ב עַֽל־צִדְּךָ֗ שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֧וֹת וְתִשְׁעִ֛ים י֖וֹם תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃ [Ezekiel 4:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.4.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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