--- title: Ezekiel 13:22 (JPS 1917) — Because with lies ye have cowed the heart of the righteous, when I h… · tree and pragmatics description: Because with lies ye have cowed the heart of the righteous, when I have not grieved him; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, that he be saved alive; Who acts: ye, I, 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 (ye, I, 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:278 # text = Because with lies ye have cowed the heart of the righteous, when I have not grieved him; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, that he be saved alive; 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 cowed cow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 righteous righteous NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 strengthened strengthen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wicked wicked NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 42 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cow** | present · perfect | ye | the heart of the righteous | | | | with lies | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heart=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **grieve** | present · perfect | I | LORD | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **strengthen** | past | ye *not said here* | the hands of the wicked | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 4 | **not** **return** | should | LORD | | | LORD's wicked way | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from way=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **save** | infinitive · passive | | LORD | | | | alive *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} יַ֣עַן הַכְא֤וֹת לֵב־צַדִּיק֙ שֶׁ֔קֶר וַאֲנִ֖י לֹ֣א הִכְאַבְתִּ֑יו וּלְחַזֵּק֙ יְדֵ֣י רָשָׁ֔ע לְבִלְתִּי־שׁ֛וּב מִדַּרְכּ֥וֹ הָרָ֖ע לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃ [Ezekiel 13:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:278` 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 13:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.277/) - next →: [Ezekiel 13:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.279/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.22/)