--- title: Ezekiel 5:2 (JPS 1917) — A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, w… · tree and pragmatics description: A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite it with the sword round about her; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. Who acts: 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 (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:88 # text = A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite it with the sword round about her; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 4 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 6 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 24 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 round round ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 41 about about ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 amod _ _ 47 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 scatter scatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 59 out out ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 62 after after ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | shall | thou | a third part | | the fire | | in the midst of the city | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 2 | **fulfil** | present · passive | | the days of the siege | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | shall | thou | a third part | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 4 | **smite** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | part | | | | with the sword; about barber; round *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 5 | **scatter** | shall | thou | a third part | | | | to the wind | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 6 | **draw out** | future | I | a sword | | | after balances *= balance* | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=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} שְׁלִשִׁ֗ית בָּא֤וּר תַּבְעִיר֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֔יר כִּמְלֹ֖את יְמֵ֣י הַמָּצ֑וֹר וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֗ית תַּכֶּ֤ה בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ סְבִ֣יבוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ תִּזְרֶ֣ה לָר֔וּחַ וְחֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ [Ezekiel 5:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.5.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:88` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 5:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.87/) - next →: [Ezekiel 5:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.89/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.5.2/)