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title: Ezekiel 17:12 (JPS 1917) — 'Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean… · tree and pragmatics
description: 'Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon; Who acts: you, ye, things, king. Ezekiel 17:12 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree 
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# Ezekiel 17:12 · JPS 1917

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'Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon;

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**Who acts:** you, ye, things, king · **What happens:** say, not know, mean, tell, come, take · **To what, where:** rebellious house, things, Jerusalem, king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Ezekiel 17:12 · 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 (you, ye, things, king), 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:389
# text = 'Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon;
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	_
2	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rebellious	rebellious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
13	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
17	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
20	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	26	discourse	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
39	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
43	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obl	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the rebellious house |  | now |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to house=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present | ye |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **mean** | present | this things |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  | things *= thing* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **come** | past | the king of Babylon |  |  | Jerusalem |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to jerusalem=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **take** | past | the king of Babylon *not said here* |  | the king and the princes |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument king=Destination |
| 7 | **bring** | past | the king of Babylon *not said here* | things *= thing* | king |  |  | to Babylon | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Destination |

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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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אֱמָר־נָא֙ לְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔רִי הֲלֹ֥א יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה אֱמֹ֗ר הִנֵּה־בָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־שָׂרֶ֔יהָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אוֹתָ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו בָּבֶֽלָה׃

[Ezekiel 17:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.12/)

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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:389` of Mova's parse database.

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