Ezekiel 21:26 · JPS 1917
For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.
Who acts: king, way · What happens: stand, use, shake, inquire, look, part · To what, where: parting, divination, arrows
This is Ezekiel 21:26 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (king, way), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 standeth | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 standeth | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Babylon | case |
| 5 | Babylon | Babylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 king | nmod |
| 6 | standeth | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 parting | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 parting | det |
| 9 | parting | parting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 standeth | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 way | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 parting | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 head | punct |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 head | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 head | det |
| 16 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 standeth | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 ways | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 ways | det |
| 19 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 ways | nummod |
| 20 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 head | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 use | punct |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 use | mark |
| 23 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 standeth | advcl |
| 24 | divination | divination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 use | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 shaketh | punct |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 shaketh | nsubj |
| 27 | shaketh | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 standeth | parataxis |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 arrows | det |
| 29 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 shaketh | obj |
| 30 | to | to | ADV | _ | 27 shaketh | advmod |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 fro | cc |
| 32 | fro | fro | ADV | _ | 30 to | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 inquireth | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 inquireth | nsubj |
| 35 | inquireth | inquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 shaketh | parataxis |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 teraphim | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 teraphim | det |
| 38 | teraphim | teraphim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 inquireth | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 looketh | punct |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 looketh | nsubj |
| 41 | looketh | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 shaketh | parataxis |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 liver | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 liver | det |
| 44 | liver | liver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 looketh | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 standeth | punct |
Pragmatics
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- act
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- voice
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- polarity
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- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | the king of Babylon | the parting of the way | at the head of the two ways | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at parting=Location | |||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | the king of Babylon not said here | divination | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent divination=Patient | ||||
| 3 | shake | present | king | the arrows | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient | ||||
| 4 | inquire speech: other | present | king | of the teraphim | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of teraphim=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | look | present | king | in the liver | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in liver=Theme | ||||
| 6 | part | the way | nom parting «act intransitive»: of=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
כִּֽי־עָמַ֨ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל אֶל־אֵ֣ם הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ שְׁנֵ֥י הַדְּרָכִ֖ים לִקְסָם־קָ֑סֶם קִלְקַ֤ל בַּֽחִצִּים֙ שָׁאַ֣ל בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים רָאָ֖ה בַּכָּבֵֽד׃
Ezekiel 21:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EZK:527 of Mova's parse database.
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