--- title: Ezekiel 21:12 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, when they say unto thee: Wherefore sighest thou? th… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be, when they say unto thee: Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say: Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be slack, and every spirit shall be faint, and all knees shall drip with water; behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.512/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/21/) / [21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.12/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 21:12 · JPS 1917 And it shall be, when they say unto thee: Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say: Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be slack, and every spirit shall be faint, and all knees shall drip with water; behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.' **Who acts:** eyes, thou, flesh, heart, hands, spirit · **What happens:** say, sigh, come, melt, be, drip · **To what, where:** flesh · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezekiel 21:12 · 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 (eyes, thou, flesh, heart), 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:512 # text = And it shall be, when they say unto thee: Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say: Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be slack, and every spirit shall be faint, and all knees shall drip with water; behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 sighest sigh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 slack slack ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 drip drip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 58 behold behold INTJ UH _ 61 discourse _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 conj _ _ 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 74 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | eyes *= eye* | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sigh** | present | thou | | | | | wherefore *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou | | | | | because the tidings | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | present | flesh | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **melt** | shall | every heart | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | shall | all hands | | | | | slack *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | shall | every spirit | | | | | faint *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **drip** | shall | all knees | | | | | with water | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with water=Theme | | 9 | **come** | present | flesh | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **do** | shall · passive | | flesh | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ עַל־מָ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה נֶאֱנָ֑ח וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ אֶל־שְׁמוּעָ֣ה כִֽי־בָאָ֡ה וְנָמֵ֣ס כָּל־לֵב֩ וְרָפ֨וּ כָל־יָדַ֜יִם וְכִהֲתָ֣ה כָל־ר֗וּחַ וְכָל־בִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙ תֵּלַ֣כְנָה מַּ֔יִם הִנֵּ֤ה בָאָה֙ וְנִֽהְיָ֔תָה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃פ [Ezekiel 21:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:512` 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 21:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.511/) - next →: [Ezekiel 21:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.513/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.12/)