--- title: Ezekiel 14:4 (JPS 1917) — Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GO… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his mind, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet — I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.283/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/14/) / [14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.14.4/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 14:4 · JPS 1917 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his mind, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet — I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; **Who acts:** you, Lord GOD, man, I, that · **What happens:** speak, say, set up, put, come, answer · **To what, where:** idols, mind, stumblingblock, face, prophet, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezekiel 14:4 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, man, 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:283 # text = Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his mind, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet — I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 speak speak 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 Thus thus ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 15 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 setteth set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 putteth put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 stumblingblock stumblingblock NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 — - PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 ccomp _ _ 58 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 case _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ _ 65 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto elders *= elder*; therefore *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unto elders *= elder* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **set up** | present | every man of the house of Israel | man's idols | | man's mind | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent idol=Theme in mind=Destination | | 5 | **put** | present | every man of the house of Israel *not said here* | the stumblingblock of man's iniquity | | man's face | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stumblingblock=Theme before face=Destination | | 6 | **come** | present | every man of the house of Israel *not said here* | | | the prophet | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prophet=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | future | I | | man | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | present | that | | | | | accord the multitude of man's idols | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **mind** | | man | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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} לָכֵ֣ן דַּבֵּר־א֠וֹתָם וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אִ֣ישׁ אִ֣ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יַעֲלֶ֨ה אֶת־גִּלּוּלָ֜יו אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל עֲוֺנוֹ֙ יָשִׂים֙ נֹ֣כַח פָּנָ֔יו וּבָ֖א אֶל־הַנָּבִ֑יא אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי ל֦וֹ בָ֖א בְּרֹ֥ב גִּלּוּלָֽיו׃ [Ezekiel 14:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.14.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:283` 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 14:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.282/) - next →: [Ezekiel 14:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.284/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.14.4/)