--- title: Ezekiel 20:5 (JPS 1917) — and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when I chose… · tree and pragmatics description: and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up My hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand unto them, saying: I am the LORD your God; Who acts: you, I, Myself. 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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 (you, I, Myself), 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:459 # text = and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up My hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand unto them, saying: I am the LORD your God; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 In in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl _ _ 18 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 36 Myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 56 : : PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 ccomp _ _ 61 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 appos _ _ 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto elders *= elder* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Lord GOD | | | day | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 3 | **choose** | past | I | Israel | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent israel=Theme | | 4 | **lift up** | past | I *not said here* | My hand | | | | unto the seed of the house of Jacob | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | I *not said here* | Myself | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | participle | Myself *not said here* | | | the land of Egypt | | unto elders *= elder* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **lift up** | past | I | My hand | | | | unto elders *= elder* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | 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} וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ בְּיוֹם֙ בָּחֳרִ֣י בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וָאֶשָּׂ֣א יָדִ֗י לְזֶ֙רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וָאִוָּדַ֥ע לָהֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָאֶשָּׂ֨א יָדִ֤י לָהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ [Ezekiel 20:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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