--- title: Ezekiel 17:22 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the Lord GOD: Moreover I will take, even I, of the lofty… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Moreover I will take, even I, of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent; Who acts: Lord GOD, 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 (Lord GOD, 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:400 # text = Thus saith the Lord GOD: Moreover I will take, even I, of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent; 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 5 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cedar cedar NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 crop crop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 topmost topmost ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 plant plant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 eminent eminent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | future | I | | | | | of the lofty top of the cedar; moreover *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of top=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **set** | future | I *not said here* | cedar | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | | 4 | **crop off** | future | I | a tender one | | the topmost of cedar's young twigs | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 5 | **plant** | future | I | cedar | | a high mountain | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon mountain=Destination | 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} כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְלָקַ֣חְתִּי אָ֗נִי מִצַּמֶּ֧רֶת הָאֶ֛רֶז הָרָמָ֖ה וְנָתָ֑תִּי מֵרֹ֤אשׁ יֹֽנְקוֹתָיו֙ רַ֣ךְ אֶקְטֹ֔ף וְשָׁתַ֣לְתִּי אָ֔נִי עַ֥ל הַר־גָּבֹ֖הַ וְתָלֽוּל׃ [Ezekiel 17:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:400` 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 17:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.399/) - next →: [Ezekiel 17:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.401/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 17:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.22/)