--- title: Ezekiel 17:24 (JPS 1917) — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have broug… · tree and pragmatics description: And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I the LORD have spoken and have done it.' Who acts: trees, I, dry tree. 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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 (trees, I, dry tree), 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:402 # text = And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I the LORD have spoken and have done it.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 exalted exalt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 flourish flourish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | shall | all trees of the field | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **bring down** | present · perfect | I | the high tree | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 3 | **exalt** | present · perfect | I *not said here* | the low tree | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus | | 4 | **dry up** | present · perfect | I *not said here* | the green tree | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tree=Result | | 5 | **make** | present · perfect | I *not said here* | the dry tree | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **flourish** | to-infinitive | the dry tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **do** | present · perfect | I *not said here* | field | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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} וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כָּל־עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ הִשְׁפַּ֣לְתִּי ׀ עֵ֣ץ גָּבֹ֗הַ הִגְבַּ֙הְתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ שָׁפָ֔ל הוֹבַ֙שְׁתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ לָ֔ח וְהִפְרַ֖חְתִּי עֵ֣ץ יָבֵ֑שׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי וְעָשִֽׂיתִי׃פ [Ezekiel 17:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:402` 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 17:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.401/) - next →: [Ezekiel 18:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.403/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 17:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.24/)