--- title: Ezekiel 6:3 (JPS 1917) — and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus… · tree and pragmatics description: and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the mountains and concerning the hills, concerning the ravines and concerning the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 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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 (you, Lord GOD, 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:108 # text = and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the mountains and concerning the hills, concerning the ravines and concerning the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 det _ _ 5 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 vocative _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Thus thus ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 22 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ravines ravine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 valleys valley NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 38 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 46 discourse _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 appos _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hear** | infinitive | | the word of the Lord GOD | | | | ye mountains of Israel *vocative* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | concern the mountains and the hills and the ravines and the valleys; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **bring** | future | I | a sword | | | | upon you | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **destroy** | future | I | your high places | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | | 6 | **word** | | | the Lord GOD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ הָרֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׁמְע֖וּ דְּבַר־אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְ֠הוִה לֶהָרִ֨ים וְלַגְּבָע֜וֹת לָאֲפִיקִ֣ים וְלַגֵּאָי֗וֹת הִנְנִ֨י אֲנִ֜י מֵבִ֤יא עֲלֵיכֶם֙ חֶ֔רֶב וְאִבַּדְתִּ֖י בָּמֽוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ [Ezekiel 6:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.6.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:108` 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 6:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.107/) - next →: [Ezekiel 6:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.109/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.6.3/)