--- title: Ezekiel 24:21 (JPS 1917) — Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I w… · tree and pragmatics description: Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword. Who acts: you, Lord GOD, I, ye. 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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 (you, Lord GOD, I, ye), 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:642 # text = Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword. 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 Thus thus ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 profane profane VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 47 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 51 behind behind ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the house of Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **profane** | future | I | My sanctuary and the pride of your power and the desire of your eyes and the longing of your soul | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **leave behind** | present · perfect | ye | your sons and your daughters | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | shall | your sons and your daughters | | | | | by the sword | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | | 6 | **pride** | | | your power | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **desire** | | | your eyes | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **long** | | your soul | | | | | | nom longing «feeling 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} אֱמֹ֣ר ׀ לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִנְנִ֨י מְחַלֵּ֤ל אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁי֙ גְּא֣וֹן עֻזְּכֶ֔ם מַחְמַ֥ד עֵֽינֵיכֶ֖ם וּמַחְמַ֣ל נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וּבְנֵיכֶ֧ם וּבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲזַבְתֶּ֖ם בַּחֶ֥רֶב יִפֹּֽלוּ׃ [Ezekiel 24:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:642` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 24:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.641/) - next →: [Ezekiel 24:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.643/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 24:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.21/)