--- title: Ezekiel 20:21 (JPS 1917) — But the children rebelled against Me; they walked not in My statutes… · tree and pragmatics description: But the children rebelled against Me; they walked not in My statutes, neither kept Mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live by them; they profaned My sabbaths; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them, to spend My anger upon them in the wilderness. 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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 (children, man, I, Mine), 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:475 # text = But the children rebelled against Me; they walked not in My statutes, neither kept Mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live by them; they profaned My sabbaths; then I said I would pour out My fury upon them, to spend My anger upon them in the wilderness. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rebelled rebel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc _ _ 16 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 Mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 do do VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 profaned profane VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sabbaths sabbath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 54 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 upon upon ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rebel** | past | the children | | | | | against Me | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against i=Maleficiary | | 2 | **not** **walk** | past | children *= child* | | | My statutes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in statute=Trajectory | | 3 | **keep** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | Mine ordinances | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ordinance=Theme | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 6 | **live** | shall | man | | | | | by ordinances *= ordinance* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by they=Location | | 7 | **profane** | past | children *= child* | My sabbaths | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **pour out** | would | I | My fury | | | upon sabbaths *= sabbath* | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fury=Patient | | 10 | **spend** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | My anger | | the wilderness | upon sabbaths *= sabbath* | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Asset | | 11 | **ordain** | | Mine | | | | | | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **infuriate** | | My | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **anger** | | My | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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־בִ֣י הַבָּנִ֗ים בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֣י לֹֽא־הָ֠לָכוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֨י לֹא־שָׁמְר֜וּ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת אוֹתָ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה אוֹתָ֤ם הָֽאָדָם֙ וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֔ם אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י חִלֵּ֑לוּ וָאֹמַ֞ר לִשְׁפֹּ֧ךְ חֲמָתִ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לְכַלּ֥וֹת אַפִּ֛י בָּ֖ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ [Ezekiel 20:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:475` 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 20:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.474/) - next →: [Ezekiel 20:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.476/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 20:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.21/)