--- title: Ezekiel 13:8 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye have spoken vanity, an… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. Who acts: Lord GOD, ye, I. 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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 (Lord GOD, ye, I), 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:263 # text = Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 12 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 16 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 behold behold INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 ccomp _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | ye | vanity | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | participle | ye *not said here* | lies | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lie=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | against you; therefore *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **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} לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן דַּבֶּרְכֶ֣ם שָׁ֔וְא וַחֲזִיתֶ֖ם כָּזָ֑ב לָכֵן֙ הִנְנִ֣י אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ [Ezekiel 13:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:263` 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 13:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.262/) - next →: [Ezekiel 13:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.264/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 13:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.8/)