--- title: Ezekiel 12:25 (JPS 1917) — For I am the LORD; I will speak, what word soever it be that I shall… · tree and pragmatics description: For I am the LORD; I will speak, what word soever it be that I shall speak, and it shall be performed; it shall be no more delayed; for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.' Who acts: I, word, Lord GOD. 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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, word, Lord GOD), 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:252 # text = For I am the LORD; I will speak, what word soever it be that I shall speak, and it shall be performed; it shall be no more delayed; for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.' 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 12 det _ _ 12 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 soever soever ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 30 no no ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 32 delayed delayed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 O o INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ _ 40 rebellious rebellious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 vocative _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | future | I | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | word | what word | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | shall | I | what word | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **perform** | shall · passive | | word | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is** | shall | word | | | | | delayed *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | future | I | the word | | | day | rebellious house *vocative* | tree rules | | 8 | **perform** | future | I *not said here* | word | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} כִּ֣י ׀ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲדַבֵּר֙ אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲדַבֵּ֤ר דָּבָר֙ וְיֵ֣עָשֶׂ֔ה לֹ֥א תִמָּשֵׁ֖ךְ ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י בִֽימֵיכֶ֞ם בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֗רִי אֲדַבֵּ֤ר דָּבָר֙ וַעֲשִׂיתִ֔יו נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃פ [Ezekiel 12:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:252` 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 12:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.251/) - next →: [Ezekiel 12:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.253/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.25/)