--- title: Ezekiel 21:19 (JPS 1917) — Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together;… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of those to be slain; it is the sword of the great one that is to be slain, which compasseth them about. Who acts: Thou, sword, great one. 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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 (Thou, sword, great one), 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:520 # text = Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of those to be slain; it is the sword of the great one that is to be slain, which compasseth them about. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 prophesy prophesy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 together together ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 doubled double VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 nmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 compasseth compass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 about about ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prophesy** | infinitive | Thou | | | | | son of man *vocative*; therefore *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **smite** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | thy hands | | | | together *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hand=Experiencer | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | the sword | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **double** | infinitive · passive | the sword *not said here* | | | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 5 | **slay** | to-infinitive · passive | the sword *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **is a** | present | sword | the sword | | | | of the great one | tree rules | | 7 | **slay** | present · passive | sword *not said here* | the great one | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **compass** | present | the great one | hands *= hand* | | | | about *property* | tree rules | 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} וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֔ם הִנָּבֵ֕א וְהַ֖ךְ כַּ֣ף אֶל־כָּ֑ף וְתִכָּפֵ֞ל חֶ֤רֶב שְׁלִישִׁ֙תָה֙ חֶ֣רֶב חֲלָלִ֔ים הִ֗יא חֶ֚רֶב חָלָ֣ל הַגָּד֔וֹל הַחֹדֶ֖רֶת לָהֶֽם׃ [Ezekiel 21:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:520` 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 21:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.519/) - next →: [Ezekiel 21:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.521/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 21:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.19/)