--- title: Ezekiel 6:12 (JPS 1917) — He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near… · tree and pragmatics description: He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine; thus will I spend My fury upon them. Who acts: GOD, I, My. 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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 (GOD, I, My), 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:117 # text = He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine; thus will I spend My fury upon them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 off off ADV RB _ 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 remaineth remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 besieged besiege VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 thus thus ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 40 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | far, off *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | shall | GOD | | | | | of the pestilence | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of pestilence=Causer | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | shall | GOD | | | | | by the sword | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | | 5 | **remain** | present | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **besiege** | present · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | shall | GOD | | | | | by the famine | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **spend** | future | I | My fury | | | | upon famine; thus *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fury=Asset | | 9 | **infuriate** | | My | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=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 {#hebrew} הָרָח֞וֹק בַּדֶּ֣בֶר יָמ֗וּת וְהַקָּרוֹב֙ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפּ֔וֹל וְהַנִּשְׁאָר֙ וְהַנָּצ֔וּר בָּרָעָ֖ב יָמ֑וּת וְכִלֵּיתִ֥י חֲמָתִ֖י בָּֽם׃ [Ezekiel 6:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.6.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:117` 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 6:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.116/) - next →: [Ezekiel 6:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.118/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.6.12/)