--- title: Ezekiel 13:6 (JPS 1917) — They have seen vanity and lying divination, that say: The LORD saith… · tree and pragmatics description: They have seen vanity and lying divination, that say: The LORD saith; and the LORD hath not sent them, yet they hope that the word would be confirmed! Who acts: prophets, vanity, LORD. 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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 (prophets, vanity, LORD), 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:261 # text = They have seen vanity and lying divination, that say: The LORD saith; and the LORD hath not sent them, yet they hope that the word would be confirmed! 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 lying lying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 divination divination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: exclamation - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=evaluate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | prophets *= prophet* | vanity and lying divination | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vanity=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | vanity and lying divination | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **send** | present · perfect | the LORD | prophets *= prophet* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **hope** | present | prophets *= prophet* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **confirm** | would · passive | | the word | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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} חָ֤זוּ שָׁוְא֙ וְקֶ֣סֶם כָּזָ֔ב הָאֹֽמְרִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א שְׁלָחָ֑ם וְיִֽחֲל֖וּ לְקַיֵּ֥ם דָּבָֽר׃ [Ezekiel 13:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:261` 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 13:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.260/) - next →: [Ezekiel 13:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.262/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.6/)