--- title: Ezekiel 12:28 (JPS 1917) — Therefore say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: There shall none o… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: There shall none of My words be delayed any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord GOD.' Who acts: you, Lord GOD, I, My. 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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 (you, Lord GOD, I, My), 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:255 # text = Therefore say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: There shall none of My words be delayed any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord GOD.' 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 12 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 14 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 delayed delay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 20 any any ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto cities *= city*; 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 clause=Topic | | 3 | **delay** | shall · passive | | none | | there | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: subject=Source | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | shall | I | the word | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **perform** | shall · passive | | the word | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Lord GOD | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 7 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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} לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה לֹא־תִמָּשֵׁ֥ךְ ע֖וֹד כָּל־דְּבָרָ֑י אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲדַבֵּ֤ר דָּבָר֙ וְיֵ֣עָשֶׂ֔ה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ס [Ezekiel 12:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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