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title: Ezekiel 22:25 (JPS 1917) — There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a r… · tree and pragmatics
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# Ezekiel 22:25 · JPS 1917

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There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

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**Who acts:** conspiracy, roaring lion, prophets · **What happens:** be, roar, ravin, devour, take, make · **To what, where:** midst, prey, souls, treasure, widows

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This is Ezekiel 22:25 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (conspiracy, roaring lion, prophets), 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:564
# text = There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conspiracy	conspiracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
17	ravening	ravin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	devoured	devour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
24	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
28	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
36	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	widows	widow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
38	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
42	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a conspiracy of conspiracy's prophets |  |  | the midst; there |  | like a roaring lion | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location |
| 2 | **roar** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ravin** | gerund | a roaring lion *not said here* | the prey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **devour** | present · perfect | prophets *= prophet* | souls |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient |
| 5 | **take** | present | prophets *= prophet* | treasure and precious things |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme |
| 6 | **make** | present · perfect | prophets *= prophet* | conspiracy's widows |  | the midst |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset widow=Product |
| 7 | **conspire** |  | conspiracy's prophets |  |  |  |  |  | nom conspiracy «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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}

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קֶ֤שֶׁר נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ כַּאֲרִ֥י שׁוֹאֵ֖ג טֹ֣רֵֽף טָ֑רֶף נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָכָ֗לוּ חֹ֤סֶן וִיקָר֙ יִקָּ֔חוּ אַלְמְנוֹתֶ֖יהָ הִרְבּ֥וּ בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:564` of Mova's parse database.

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