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title: Ezekiel 11:16 (JPS 1917) — therefore say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Although I have removed them… · tree and pragmatics
description: therefore say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Although I have removed them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet have I been to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they are come; Who acts: you, Lord GOD, I, inhabitants. Ezekiel 11:16 in JPS 19
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# Ezekiel 11:16 · JPS 1917

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therefore say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Although I have removed them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet have I been to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they are come;

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**Who acts:** you, Lord GOD, I, inhabitants · **What happens:** say, remove, scatter, be, come · **To what, where:** inhabitants, countries · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Ezekiel 11:16 · 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 (you, Lord GOD, I, inhabitants), 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:216
# text = therefore say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Although I have removed them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet have I been to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they are come;
1	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	GOD	GOD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	off	off	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
17	among	among	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
22	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
26	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	among	among	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
33	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
34	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	cop	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	conj	_	_
37	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	sanctuary	sanctuary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	_
44	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	47	advmod	_	_
45	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	43	acl:relcl	_	_
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **remove** | present · perfect | I | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  | among the nations; off *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **scatter** | present · perfect | I | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  | the countries |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme among country=Destination |
| 5 | **is** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | to inhabitants *= inhabitant*; as a little sanctuary in the countries | tree rules |
| 6 | **come** | present · passive | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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לָכֵ֣ן אֱמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ כִּ֤י הִרְחַקְתִּים֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וְכִ֥י הֲפִֽיצוֹתִ֖ים בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת וָאֱהִ֤י לָהֶם֙ לְמִקְדָּ֣שׁ מְעַ֔ט בָּאֲרָצ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אוּ שָֽׁם׃ס

[Ezekiel 11:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.11.16/)

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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:216` of Mova's parse database.

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