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title: Ezekiel 20:39 (JPS 1917) — As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD: Go ye, serve… · tree and pragmatics
description: As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD: Go ye, serve every one his idols, even because ye will not hearken unto Me; but My holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols. Who acts: Lord GOD, ye, My, your. Ezekiel 20:39 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and
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# Ezekiel 20:39 · JPS 1917

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As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD: Go ye, serve every one his idols, even because ye will not hearken unto Me; but My holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

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**Who acts:** Lord GOD, ye, My, your · **What happens:** say, go, serve, not hearken, profane, name · **To what, where:** idols, one, holy name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Ezekiel 20:39 · 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 (Lord GOD, ye, My, your), 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:495
# text = As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD: Go ye, serve every one his idols, even because ye will not hearken unto Me; but My holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	3	case	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	GOD	GOD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
16	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
17	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	16	nsubj	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	iobj	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	idols	idol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
25	even	even	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
26	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
27	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	nsubj	_	_
28	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
31	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	obl	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
35	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
36	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
38	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
39	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	42	nsubj	_	_
40	no	no	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	42	advmod	_	_
42	profane	profane	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	idols	idol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	conj	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD |  |  |  |  | as you; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | ye |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **serve** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | GOD's idols | every one |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **hearken** | future | ye |  |  |  |  | unto Me | tree rules |
| 5 | **profane** | shall | ye | My holy name |  |  |  | with your gifts and your idols | tree rules |
| 6 | **name** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **gift** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְאַתֶּ֨ם בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אִ֤ישׁ גִּלּוּלָיו֙ לְכ֣וּ עֲבֹ֔דוּ וְאַחַ֕ר אִם־אֵינְכֶ֖ם שֹׁמְעִ֣ים אֵלָ֑י וְאֶת־שֵׁ֤ם קָדְשִׁי֙ לֹ֣א תְחַלְּלוּ־ע֔וֹד בְּמַתְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וּבְגִלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃

[Ezekiel 20:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.20.39/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:495` of Mova's parse database.

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