--- title: Ezekiel 20:26 (JPS 1917) — and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they set apart all t… · tree and pragmatics description: and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they set apart all that openeth the womb, that I might destroy them, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. Who acts: I, ordinances. 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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 (I, ordinances), 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:480 # text = and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they set apart all that openeth the womb, that I might destroy them, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 polluted pollute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 14 apart apart ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 13 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 openeth open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 womb womb NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **pollute** | past | I | ordinances *= ordinance* | | ordinances's own gifts | | | tree rules | | 2 | **set apart** | past | ordinances *= ordinance* | all | | | | apart *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient all=Result | | 3 | **open** | present | | the womb | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location womb=Theme | | 4 | **destroy** | might | I | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | to the end | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **know** | might | ordinances *= ordinance* | the end *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer end=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **gift** | | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | | | | nom gift «possession 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} וָאֲטַמֵּ֤א אוֹתָם֙ בְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔ם בְּהַעֲבִ֖יר כָּל־פֶּ֣טֶר רָ֑חַם לְמַ֣עַן אֲשִׁמֵּ֔ם לְמַ֙עַן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵֽדְע֔וּ אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ס [Ezekiel 20:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:480` 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 20:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.479/) - next →: [Ezekiel 20:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.481/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 20:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.26/)