--- title: Ezekiel 21:31 (JPS 1917) — thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown t… · tree and pragmatics description: thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased. Who acts: Lord GOD, this. 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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 (Lord GOD, this), 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:532 # text = thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased. 1 thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 5 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mitre mitre NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 22 no no ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 exalted exalt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 abased abase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **remove** | shall · passive | | the mitre | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **take off** | participle · passive | | the crown | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** | shall | this | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | low *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **exalt** | shall · passive | | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **abase** | participle · passive | | that | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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} כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הָסִיר֙ הַמִּצְנֶ֔פֶת וְהָרִ֖ים הָֽעֲטָרָ֑ה זֹ֣את לֹא־זֹ֔את הַשָּׁפָ֣לָה הַגְבֵּ֔הַוְהַגָּבֹ֖הַהַשְׁפִּֽיל׃ [Ezekiel 21:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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