--- title: Ezekiel 7:24 (JPS 1917) — Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall poss… · tree and pragmatics description: Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned. Who acts: I, nations, pride. 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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 (I, nations, pride), 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:143 # text = Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned. 1 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 worst worst NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 strong strong NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 profaned profane VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | future | I | the worst of the nations | | | | wherefore *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent worst=Theme | | 2 | **possess** | shall | nations *= nation* | nations's houses | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme | | 3 | **make** | future | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cease** | to-infinitive | the pride of the strong | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **profane** | shall · passive | | nations's holy places | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pride** | | | the strong | | | | | nom pride «feeling 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} וְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ רָעֵ֣י גוֹיִ֔ם וְיָרְשׁ֖וּ אֶת־בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֑ם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ גְּא֣וֹן עַזִּ֔ים וְנִחֲל֖וּ מְקַֽדְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ [Ezekiel 7:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.7.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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