--- title: Ezekiel 16:20 (JPS 1917) — Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast… · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto Me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Who acts: thou. 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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 (thou), 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:331 # text = Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto Me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 obj _ _ 20 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sacrificed sacrifice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 devoured devour VERB VBN VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **take** | present · perfect | thou | | thy sons and thy daughters | | | moreover *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination | | 2 | **bear** | present · perfect | thou | thy daughters | | | | unto Me | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Patient | | 3 | **sacrifice** | present · perfect | thou | these | | | | unto daughters *= daughter* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 4 | **devour** | to-infinitive · passive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP» | 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} וַתִּקְחִ֞י אֶת־בָּנַ֤יִךְ וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלַ֣דְתְּ לִ֔י וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים לָהֶ֖ם לֶאֱכ֑וֹל הַמְעַ֖ט מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ [Ezekiel 16:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.20/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto Me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured.** 2. [Were thy harlotries a small matter,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.332/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:331` 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 16:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.330/) - next →: [Ezekiel 16:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.332/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 16:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.20/)