--- title: Ezekiel 8:18 (JPS 1917) — Therefore will I also deal in fury; Mine eye shall not spare, neithe… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore will I also deal in fury; Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in Mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.' Who acts: I, eye, eyes. 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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, eye, eyes), 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:165 # text = Therefore will I also deal in fury; Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in Mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.' 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deal** | future | I | | | fury | | therefore *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **spare** | shall | Mine eye | | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | future | I | pity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | eyes *= eye* | | | Mine ears | | with a loud voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 5 | **not** **hear** | future | I | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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} וְגַם־אֲנִי֙ אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה בְחֵמָ֔ה לֹֽא־תָח֥וֹס עֵינִ֖י וְלֹ֣א אֶחְמֹ֑ל וְקָרְא֤וּ בְאָזְנַי֙ ק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל וְלֹ֥א אֶשְׁמַ֖ע אוֹתָֽם׃ [Ezekiel 8:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.8.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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