--- title: Ezekiel 20:28 (JPS 1917) — For when I had brought them into the land, which I lifted up My hand… · tree and pragmatics description: For when I had brought them into the land, which I lifted up My hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering, there also they made their sweet savour, and there they po --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.482/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/20/) / [20:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.28/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 20:28 · JPS 1917 For when I had brought them into the land, which I lifted up My hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering, there also they made their sweet savour, and there they poured out their drink-offerings. **Who acts:** I, ordinances · **What happens:** bring, lift up, give, see, offer, present · **To what, where:** ordinances, land, high hill, sacrifices, provocation, sweet savour This is Ezekiel 20:28 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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:482 # text = For when I had brought them into the land, which I lifted up My hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering, there also they made their sweet savour, and there they poured out their drink-offerings. 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 26 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 31 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 provocation provocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 52 also also ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 62 advmod _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 63 out out ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ _ 64 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 65 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ _ 67 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obj _ _ 68 . . PUNCT . _ 24 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 | **bring** | past · perfect | I | ordinances *= ordinance* | | the land | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into land=Destination | | 2 | **lift up** | past | I | the land | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent which=Theme hand=Destination | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | unto ordinances *= ordinance* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **see** | past | ordinances *= ordinance* | every high hill and every thick tree | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hill=Stimulus | | 5 | **offer** | past | ordinances *= ordinance* | ordinances's sacrifices | | there | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme | | 6 | **present** | past | ordinances *= ordinance* | the provocation of ordinances's offering | | there | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provocation=Theme | | 7 | **make** | past | ordinances *= ordinance* | ordinances's sweet savour | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset savour=Product | | 8 | **pour out** | past | ordinances *= ordinance* | ordinances's drink offerings | | there | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 9 | **sacrifice** | | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **provoke** | | | ordinances's offering | | | | | nom provocation «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **offer** | | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **savour** | | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | | | | nom savour «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **offer** | | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | | | | nom offering «communication 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} וָאֲבִיאֵם֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־יָדִ֔י לָתֵ֥ת אוֹתָ֖הּ לָהֶ֑ם וַיִּרְאוּ֩ כָל־גִּבְעָ֨ה רָמָ֜ה וְכָל־עֵ֣ץ עָבֹ֗ת וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁ֤ם אֶת־זִבְחֵיהֶם֙ וַיִּתְּנוּ־שָׁם֙ כַּ֣עַס קָרְבָּנָ֔ם וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ שָׁ֗ם רֵ֚יחַ נִיח֣וֹחֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּסִּ֥יכוּ שָׁ֖ם אֶת־נִסְכֵּיהֶֽם׃ [Ezekiel 20:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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