--- title: Ezekiel 17:18 (JPS 1917) — seeing he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo,… · tree and pragmatics description: seeing he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. Who acts: king. 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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 (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:396 # text = seeing he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. 1 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 lo lo INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **despise** | present · perfect | king | the oath | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oath=Stimulus | | 3 | **break** | gerund | king *not said here* | the covenant | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer covenant=Patient | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect | king | king's hand | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 5 | **do** | present · perfect | king *not said here* | all things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **escape** | shall | king | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וּבָזָ֥ה אָלָ֖ה לְהָפֵ֣ר בְּרִ֑ית וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֥ן יָד֛וֹ וְכָל־אֵ֥לֶּה עָשָׂ֖ה לֹ֥א יִמָּלֵֽט׃ס [Ezekiel 17:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:396` 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 17:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.395/) - next →: [Ezekiel 17:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.397/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 17:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.18/)