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title: Ezekiel 40:4 (JPS 1917) — And the man said unto me: 'Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and h… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the man said unto me: 'Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee, for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought thither; declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.' Who acts: man, I, thou. Ezekie
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# Ezekiel 40:4 · JPS 1917

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And the man said unto me: 'Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee, for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought thither; declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.'

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**Who acts:** man, I, thou · **What happens:** say, behold, hear, set, show, bring · **To what, where:** heart, all, thee, ears, thou, intent · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Ezekiel 40:4 · 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 (man, I, thou), 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:1052
# text = And the man said unto me: 'Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee, for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought thither; declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	behold	behold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	hear	hear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	set	set	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
26	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	obl	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obj	_	_
31	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	acl:relcl	_	_
34	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	iobj	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
36	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	intent	intent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
41	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	acl	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	_
45	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	43	obl	_	_
47	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
48	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
49	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
50	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
52	declare	declare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
53	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	52	obj	_	_
54	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	obj	_	_
55	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	56	nsubj	_	_
56	seest	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	acl:relcl	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
63	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man |  |  |  |  | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **behold** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with thine eyes; Son of man *vocative* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **hear** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with thine ears | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **set** | infinitive |  | thy heart |  | all |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme upon all=Destination |
| 5 | **show** | shall | I |  | thee |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient that=Topic |
| 6 | **show** | might | I | ears *= ear* |  |  |  | unto thee | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 7 | **bring** | present · passive |  | thou |  | the intent |  | thither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to intent=Destination |
| 8 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | all | the house of Israel |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Theme to house=Recipient |
| 9 | **see** | present | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

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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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וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֵלַ֜י הָאִ֗ישׁ בֶּן־אָדָ֡ם רְאֵ֣ה בְעֵינֶיךָ֩ וּבְאָזְנֶ֨יךָ שְּׁמָ֜ע וְשִׂ֣ים לִבְּךָ֗ לְכֹ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי֙ מַרְאֶ֣ה אוֹתָ֔ךְ כִּ֛י לְמַ֥עַן הַרְאוֹתְכָ֖ה הֻבָ֣אתָה הֵ֑נָּה הַגֵּ֛ד אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה לְבֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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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:1052` of Mova's parse database.

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