--- title: Ezekiel 21:33 (JPS 1917) — And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD con… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their taunt; and say thou: O sword, O sword keen-edged, furbished for the slaughter, to the uttermost, because of the glitterings; Who acts: thou, children. 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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, children), 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:534 # text = And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their taunt; and say thou: O sword, O sword keen-edged, furbished for the slaughter, to the uttermost, because of the glitterings; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 prophesy prophesy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 say say VERB VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 Thus thus ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 concerning concern ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 taunt taunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 O o INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 34 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 O o INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ _ 37 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 keen keen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 edged edge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 furbished furbish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 uttermost uttermost NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 54 case _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 51 fixed _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 glitterings glittering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prophesy** | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Lord GOD | | | | concern the children of Ammon and children's taunt; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **edge** | participle | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **furbish** | participle | | sword and sword *not said here* | | | | for the slaughter; to the uttermost; because the glitterings | tree rules | | 7 | **taunt** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom taunt «act 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} וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם הִנָּבֵ֤א וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן וְאֶל־חֶרְפָּתָ֑ם וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ חֶ֣רֶב חֶ֤רֶב פְּתוּחָה֙ לְטֶ֣בַח מְרוּטָ֔ה לְהָכִ֖יל לְמַ֥עַן בָּרָֽק׃ [Ezekiel 21:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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