--- title: Ezekiel 17:9 (JPS 1917) — Say thou: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Shall it prosper? shall he not pu… · tree and pragmatics description: Say thou: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither, yea, wither in all its sprouting leaves? neither shall great power or much people be at hand when it is plucked up by the roots thereof. 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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, Lord, vine, great power), 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:384 # text = Say thou: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither, yea, wither in all its sprouting leaves? neither shall great power or much people be at hand when it is plucked up by the roots thereof. 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 Thus thus ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wither wither VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 yea yea INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 wither wither VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sprouting sprout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 amod _ _ 41 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 43 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 52 cc _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 53 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 61 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **prosper** | shall | vine | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **pull up** | shall | LORD | the roots | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Theme | | 5 | **cut off** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | the fruit | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector fruit=Eventuality | | 6 | **wither** | infinitive | vine | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **wither** | infinitive | vine *not said here* | | | vine's sprouting leaves | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **sprout** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 9 | **is** | shall | great power or much people | | | hand | | | tree rules | | 10 | **pluck up** | present · passive | the roots | vine | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | 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} אֱמֹ֗ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהֹוִ֖ה תִּצְלָ֑ח הֲלוֹא֩ אֶת־שָׁרָשֶׁ֨יהָ יְנַתֵּ֜ק וְאֶת־פִּרְיָ֣הּ ׀ יְקוֹסֵ֣ס וְיָבֵ֗שׁ כָּל־טַרְפֵּ֤י צִמְחָהּ֙ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְלֹֽא־בִזְרֹ֤עַ גְּדוֹלָה֙ וּבְעַם־רָ֔ב לְמַשְׂא֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖הּ מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ [Ezekiel 17:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:384` 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 17:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.383/) - next →: [Ezekiel 17:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.385/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 17:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.9/)