--- title: Ezekiel 21:28 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have weeks upon weeks! but it bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken. Who acts: voice, false divination, gates. 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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 (voice, false divination, gates), 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:529 # text = And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have weeks upon weeks! but it bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 divination divination NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 bringeth bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | voice | | | | | unto gates *= gate*; as a false divination in gates's sight | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | a false divination in gates's sight | | | | week | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** | present | voice | iniquity | | remembrance | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme to remembrance=Destination | | 4 | **take** | may · passive | | gates *= gate* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **sight** | | gates *= gate* | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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} וְהָיָ֨ה לָהֶ֤ם כִּקְסָם־שָׁוְא֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם שְׁבֻעֵ֥י שְׁבֻע֖וֹת לָהֶ֑ם וְהֽוּא־מַזְכִּ֥יר עָוֺ֖ן לְהִתָּפֵֽשׂ׃פ [Ezekiel 21:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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