--- title: Ezekiel 15:6 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As the vine-tree among the trees… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so do I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Who acts: Lord GOD, 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, 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:308 # text = Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so do I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 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 : _ 33 punct _ _ 8 As as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ _ 13 among among ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the vine tree among the trees of the forest | the fire | | | for fuel | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent which=Theme to fire=Recipient for fuel=Asset | | 3 | **give** | present · do-support | I | the inhabitants of Jerusalem | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=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} לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עֵץ־הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ בְּעֵ֣ץ הַיַּ֔עַר אֲשֶׁר־נְתַתִּ֥יו לָאֵ֖שׁ לְאָכְלָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן נָתַ֔תִּי אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [Ezekiel 15:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.15.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:308` 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 15:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.307/) - next →: [Ezekiel 15:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.309/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.15.6/)