--- title: Ezekiel 16:48 (JPS 1917) — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she n… · tree and pragmatics description: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. Who acts: I, Lord GOD, Sodom, 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 (I, Lord GOD, Sodom, 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:360 # text = As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 Sodom Sodom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 appos _ _ 18 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 appos _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **do** | present · perfect | Sodom | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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} חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה אִם־עָֽשְׂתָה֙ סְדֹ֣ם אֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ הִ֖יא וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔ית אַ֖תְּ וּבְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃ [Ezekiel 16:48: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.48/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:360` 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 16:47 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.359/) - next →: [Ezekiel 16:49 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.361/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 16:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.48/)