--- title: Ezekiel 20:13 (JPS 1917) — But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they… · tree and pragmatics description: But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they walked not in My statutes, and they rejected Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and My sabbaths they greatly profaned; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. 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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 (house, elders, man, 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:467 # text = But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they walked not in My statutes, and they rejected Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and My sabbaths they greatly profaned; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 rebelled rebel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 rejected reject VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 Mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 do do VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sabbaths sabbath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 profaned profane VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 51 out out ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 consume consume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rebel** | past | the house of Israel | | | the wilderness | | against Me | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against i=Maleficiary | | 2 | **not** **walk** | past | elders *= elder* | | | My statutes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in statute=Trajectory | | 3 | **reject** | past | elders *= elder* | Mine ordinances | | | | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ordinance=Theme | | 4 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 5 | **live** | shall | man | | | | | by elders *= elder* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by they=Location | | 6 | **profane** | past | elders *= elder* | My sabbaths | | | | greatly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **pour out** | would | I | My fury | | the wilderness | | upon elders *= elder* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fury=Patient | | 9 | **consume** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | elders *= elder* | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | | 10 | **ordain** | | Mine | | | | | | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **infuriate** | | My | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיַּמְרוּ־בִ֨י בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֨י לֹא־הָלָ֜כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י מָאָ֗סוּ אֲשֶׁר֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה אֹתָ֤ם הָֽאָדָם֙ וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י חִלְּל֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וָאֹמַ֞ר לִשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ חֲמָתִ֧י עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר לְכַלּוֹתָֽם׃ [Ezekiel 20:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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