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title: Ezekiel 16:52 (JPS 1917) — Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment fo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou; yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. Who acts: Thou, sins, 
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# Ezekiel 16:52 · JPS 1917

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Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou; yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

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**Who acts:** Thou, sins, thine, thy · **What happens:** bear, give, commit, be, confound, justify · **To what, where:** own shame, judgment, sins, thou, shame, sisters

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This is Ezekiel 16:52 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, sins, thine, thy), 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:364
# text = Thou also, bear thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than thou; yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	bear	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nsubj	_	_
12	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
14	judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obj	_	_
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	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	acl:relcl	_	_
26	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	27	advmod	_	_
27	abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	xcomp	_	_
28	than	than	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
31	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
32	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
33	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	34	advmod	_	_
34	righteous	righteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
35	than	than	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	34	obl	_	_
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
38	yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	43	discourse	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux:pass	_	_
41	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
42	also	also	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	confounded	confound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	bear	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
47	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	54	mark	_	_
51	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	fixed	_	_
52	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	54	nsubj	_	_
53	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	justified	justify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	advcl	_	_
55	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obj	_	_
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character, polarity=neg

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | infinitive | Thou | thine own shame |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | present · perfect | thou | judgment |  |  |  | for thy sisters | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme for sister=Asset |
| 3 | **commit** | present · perfect | thou | thy sins |  |  |  | abominable *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | sins *= sin* |  |  | thy sins |  | than thou; righteous *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **confound** | infinitive · passive |  | thou |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 6 | **bear** | infinitive |  | thy shame |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Patient |
| 7 | **justify** *speech: other* | present · perfect | thou | thy sisters |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic |
| 8 | **shame** |  | thine |  |  |  |  |  | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **shame** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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גַּם־אַ֣תְּ ׀ שְׂאִ֣י כְלִמָּתֵ֗ךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר פִּלַּלְתְּ֙ לַֽאֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ בְּחַטֹּאתַ֛יִךְ אֲשֶׁר־הִתְעַ֥בְתְּ מֵהֵ֖ן תִּצְדַּ֣קְנָה מִמֵּ֑ךְ וְגַם־אַ֥תְּ בּ֙וֹשִׁי֙ וּשְׂאִ֣י כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ בְּצַדֶּקְתֵּ֖ךְ אַחְיוֹתֵֽךְ׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:364` of Mova's parse database.

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