--- title: Ezekiel 12:27 (JPS 1917) — 'Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say: The vision tha… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say: The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off. Who acts: cities, vision, that. 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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 (cities, vision, that), 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:254 # text = 'Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say: The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 2 Son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 vocative _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 behold behold INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seeth see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 prophesieth prophesy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 off off ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 14 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | cities *= city* | | | | | Son of man *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | present | vision | the vision | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | present | the vision | | | | for many days | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | cities *= city* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **prophesy** | present | vision | | | | time | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | that | | | | | far, off *property* | 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־אָדָ֗ם הִנֵּ֤ה בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים הֶחָז֛וֹן אֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא חֹזֶ֖ה לְיָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וּלְעִתִּ֥ים רְחוֹק֖וֹת ה֥וּא נִבָּֽא׃ [Ezekiel 12:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:254` 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 12:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.253/) - next →: [Ezekiel 12:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.255/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 12:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.27/)