--- title: Ezekiel 31:8 (JPS 1917) — The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the cypress-trees… · tree and pragmatics description: The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the cypress-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty. Who acts: cedars, cypress trees, plane trees. 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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 (cedars, cypress trees, plane trees), 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:804 # text = The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the cypress-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cedars cedar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 16 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ _ 27 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | **not** **hide** | could | the cedars in the garden of God | field | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | the cypress trees | | | | | like field's boughs and field's branches | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | the plane trees | | | | | as field's branches | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | the cedars in the garden of God *not said here* | any tree | | the garden of God | | like field; in field's beauty | tree rules | 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} אֲרָזִ֣ים לֹֽא־עֲמָמֻהוּ֮ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים֒ בְּרוֹשִׁ֗ים לֹ֤א דָמוּ֙ אֶל־סְעַפֹּתָ֔יו וְעַרְמֹנִ֥ים לֹֽא־הָי֖וּ כְּפֹֽארֹתָ֑יו כָּל־עֵץ֙ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־דָמָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו בְּיָפְיֽוֹ׃ [Ezekiel 31:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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