--- title: Ezekiel 13:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy,… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart: Hear ye the word of the LORD: Who acts: you, prophets, thou, ye. 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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, prophets, thou, ye), 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:257 # text = 'Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart: Hear ye the word of the LORD: 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 2 Son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 prophesy prophesy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prophesy** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | against the prophets of Israel; Son of man *vocative* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **prophesy** | present | the prophets of Israel | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thou | | | | | unto prophets *= prophet* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **prophesy** | present | | | | prophets's own heart | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hear** | infinitive | ye | the word of the LORD | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 6 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 הִנָּבֵ֛א אֶל־נְבִיאֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַנִּבָּאִ֑ים וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לִנְבִיאֵ֣י מִלִּבָּ֔ם שִׁמְע֖וּ דְּבַר־יְהוָֽה׃ [Ezekiel 13:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:257` 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 13:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.256/) - next →: [Ezekiel 13:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.258/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 13:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.2/)