--- title: Ezekiel 17:21 (JPS 1917) — And all his mighty men in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And all his mighty men in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind; and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. Who acts: mighty men, ye, I. 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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 (mighty men, ye, I), 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:399 # text = And all his mighty men in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind; and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bands band NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 23 toward toward ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | shall | GOD's mighty men in GOD's bands | | | | | by the sword | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | | 2 | **remain** | present | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **scatter** | shall · passive | | bands *= band* | | | | toward every wind | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **know** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | wind | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־מִבְרָחָ֤יו בְּכָל־אֲגַפָּיו֙ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֔לוּ וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים לְכָל־ר֣וּחַ יִפָּרֵ֑שׂוּ וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃ס [Ezekiel 17:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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