--- title: Ezekiel 12:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, tha… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house. Who acts: thou, rebellious house, that, ears. 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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 (thou, rebellious house, that, ears), 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:228 # text = 'Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 2 Son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 7 dwellest dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 rebellious rebellious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 rebellious rebellious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | present | thou | | | the midst of the rebellious house | | Son of man *vocative* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | | 2 | **have** | present | the rebellious house | eyes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the rebellious house *not said here* | eyes *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **see** | present | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **have** | present | that | ears | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 6 | **hear** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | ears *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **not** **hear** | present | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | present | ears *= ear* | a rebellious house | | | | | tree rules | 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} בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם בְּת֥וֹךְ בֵּית־הַמֶּ֖רִי אַתָּ֣ה יֹשֵׁ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֵינַיִם֩ לָהֶ֨ם לִרְא֜וֹת וְלֹ֣א רָא֗וּ אָזְנַ֨יִם לָהֶ֤ם לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ וְלֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֔עוּ כִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית מְרִ֖י הֵֽם׃ [Ezekiel 12:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:228` 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 12:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.227/) - next →: [Ezekiel 12:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.229/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.2/)