--- title: Ezekiel 25:3 (JPS 1917) — and say unto the children of Ammon: Hear the word of the Lord GOD: T… · tree and pragmatics description: and say unto the children of Ammon: Hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou saidst: Aha! against My sanctuary, when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; Who acts: you, t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.651/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/25/) / [25:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.3/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 25:3 · JPS 1917 and say unto the children of Ammon: Hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou saidst: Aha! against My sanctuary, when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; **Who acts:** you, thou, children · **What happens:** say, hear, profane, make, go, word · **To what, where:** word, Lord GOD, captivity · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezekiel 25:3 · 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 (you, 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:651 # text = and say unto the children of Ammon: Hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou saidst: Aha! against My sanctuary, when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Thus thus ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 Because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saidst say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 27 Aha aha INTJ UH Number=Sing 25 discourse _ _ 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 29 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 profaned profane VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 against against ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 49 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 against against ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 when when SCONJ WRB _ 60 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the children of Ammon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | infinitive | | the word of the Lord GOD | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Lord GOD | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thou | | | | | against My sanctuary; against the land of Israel and the house of Judah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **profane** | past · passive | | word | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past · passive | | word | | | | desolate *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **go** | past | children *= child* | | | captivity | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into captivity=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **word** | | | the Lord GOD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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} וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לִבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן שִׁמְע֖וּ דְּבַר־אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֡ה יַעַן֩ אָמְרֵ֨ךְ הֶאָ֜ח אֶל־מִקְדָּשִׁ֣י כִֽי־נִחָ֗ל וְאֶל־אַדְמַ֤ת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כִּ֣י נָשַׁ֔מָּה וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה כִּ֥י הָלְכ֖וּ בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃ [Ezekiel 25:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:651` 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 25:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.650/) - next →: [Ezekiel 25:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.652/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 25:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.3/)