--- title: Ezekiel 38:4 (JPS 1917) — and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will… · tree and pragmatics description: and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed most gorgeously, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords: Who acts: I, all. 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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 (I, all), 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:999 # text = and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed most gorgeously, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords: 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 hooks hook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ _ 20 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 appos _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 horsemen horseman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 35 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 36 advmod _ _ 36 gorgeously gorgeously ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 buckler buckler NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ _ 49 handling handle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 50 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 51 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | future | I | thee | | | | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | I *not said here* | hooks | | thy jaws | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hook=Goal | | 3 | **bring** | future | I | thee | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **clothe** | participle | all | | | | | gorgeously *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **handle** | gerund | all | swords | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «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} וְשׁ֣וֹבַבְתִּ֔יךָ וְנָתַתִּ֥י חַחִ֖ים בִּלְחָיֶ֑יךָ וְהוֹצֵאתִי֩ אוֹתְךָ֨וְאֶת־כָּל־חֵילֶ֜ךָ סוּסִ֣ים וּפָרָשִׁ֗ים לְבֻשֵׁ֤י מִכְלוֹל֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם קָהָ֥ל רָב֙ צִנָּ֣ה וּמָגֵ֔ן תֹּפְשֵׂ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת כֻּלָּֽם׃ [Ezekiel 38:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:999` 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 38:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.998/) - next →: [Ezekiel 38:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1000/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 38:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.4/)