--- title: Ezekiel 3:12 (JPS 1917) — Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a gre… · tree and pragmatics description: Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing: 'Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place'; Who acts: spirit, I, glory, LORD. 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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 (spirit, I, glory, LORD), 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:53 # text = Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing: 'Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place'; 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rushing rush NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Blessed bless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 32 ; ; 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 | **lift up** | past | a spirit | me | | | then | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | I | the voice of a great rushing | | | | behind me | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | the glory of the LORD | | | spirit's place | | bless *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **glory** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=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} וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי ר֔וּחַ וָאֶשְׁמַ֣ע אַחֲרַ֔י ק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ גָּד֑וֹל בָּר֥וּךְ כְּבוֹד־יְהוָ֖ה מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃ [Ezekiel 3:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.3.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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