--- title: Ezekiel 16:6 (JPS 1917) — And when I passed by thee, and saw thee wallowing in thy blood, I sa… · tree and pragmatics description: And when I passed by thee, and saw thee wallowing in thy blood, I said unto thee: In thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee: In thy blood, live; Who acts: I, thee. 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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 (I, thee), 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:316 # text = And when I passed by thee, and saw thee wallowing in thy blood, I said unto thee: In thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee: In thy blood, live; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obj _ _ 11 wallowing wallow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 In in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 yea yea INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obl _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 In in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | I | | | | | by thee | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by thou=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | I *not said here* | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wallow** | gerund | thee *not said here* | | | thy blood | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **live** | infinitive | | | | thy blood | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in blood=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **live** | infinitive | | | | thy blood | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in blood=Location | 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} וָאֶעֱבֹ֤ר עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ וָֽאֶרְאֵ֔ךְ מִתְבּוֹסֶ֖סֶת בְּדָמָ֑יִךְ וָאֹ֤מַר לָךְ֙ בְּדָמַ֣יִךְ חֲיִ֔י וָאֹ֥מַר לָ֖ךְ בְּדָמַ֥יִךְ חֲיִֽי׃ [Ezekiel 16:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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