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title: Ezekiel 39:17 (JPS 1917) — And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: Speak unto the birds… · tree and pragmatics
description: And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field: Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to My feast that I do prepare for you, even a great feast, upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink 
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# Ezekiel 39:17 · JPS 1917

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And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field: Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to My feast that I do prepare for you, even a great feast, upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.

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**Who acts:** Lord GOD, I, ye · **What happens:** say, speak, assemble, come, gather, prepare · **To what, where:** yourselves, side, feast, flesh, blood · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Ezekiel 39:17 · 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 (Lord GOD, I, ye), 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:1036
# text = And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field: Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to My feast that I do prepare for you, even a great feast, upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	vocative	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	GOD	GOD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
15	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	det	_	_
25	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
30	Assemble	assemble	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
31	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	30	obj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
36	gather	gather	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
37	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	36	obj	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
44	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	obj	_	_
45	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	acl:relcl	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	even	even	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	_
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
62	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
63	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	65	nsubj	_	_
64	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
65	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	advcl	_	_
66	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
68	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	conj	_	_
69	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=request, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD |  |  |  |  | thou *vocative*; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | unto the birds of every sort; to every beast of the field | tree rules |
| 3 | **assemble** | infinitive |  | yourselves |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **gather** | infinitive |  | yourselves |  | every side |  | to My feast; upon the mountains of Israel | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent yourselves=Patient to feast=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **prepare** | present · do-support | I | My feast |  |  |  | for you | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent that=Product for you=Beneficiary |
| 7 | **eat** | may | ye | flesh |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient |
| 8 | **drink** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | blood |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient |

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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}

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וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־אָדָ֜ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אֱמֹר֩ לְצִפּ֨וֹר כָּל־כָּנָ֜ף וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה הִקָּבְצ֤וּ וָבֹ֙אוּ֙ הֵאָסְפ֣וּ מִסָּבִ֔יב עַל־זִבְחִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֜י זֹבֵ֤חַ לָכֶם֙ זֶ֣בַח גָּד֔וֹל עַ֖ל הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶם דָּֽם׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:1036` of Mova's parse database.

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