--- title: Ezekiel 14:16 (JPS 1917) — though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, th… · tree and pragmatics description: though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. Who acts: three men, I, Lord GOD, Noah. 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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 (three men, I, Lord GOD, Noah), 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:295 # text = though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 1 though though SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 advcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc:preconj _ _ 22 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 24 cc _ _ 24 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this three men | | | beast | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **deliver** | shall | Noah | sons nor daughters | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 5 | **deliver** | shall · passive | | Noah | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is** | shall | the land | | | | | desolate *property* | tree rules | 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} שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה אִם־בָּנִ֥ים וְאִם־בָּנ֖וֹת יַצִּ֑ילוּ הֵ֤מָּה לְבַדָּם֙ יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ וְהָאָ֖רֶץ תִּהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃ [Ezekiel 14:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.14.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:295` 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 14:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.294/) - next →: [Ezekiel 14:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.296/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 14:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.14.16/)