--- title: Ezekiel 26:17 (JPS 1917) — And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee: how… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee: how art thou destroyed, that wast peopled from the seas, the renowned city, that wast strong in the sea, thou and thy inhabitants, that caused your terror to be on all that inhabit the earth! Who acts: princes. 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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 (princes), 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:682 # text = And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee: how art thou destroyed, that wast peopled from the seas, the renowned city, that wast strong in the sea, thou and thy inhabitants, that caused your terror to be on all that inhabit the earth! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lamentation lamentation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 wast be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 peopled people VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 renowned renowned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 wast be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 acl:relcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 appos _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 xcomp _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 inhabit inhabit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: exclamation - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | shall | princes *= prince* | a lamentation | | | | for thee | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lamentation=Theme for thou=Beneficiary | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | to thee | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to thou=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **destroy** | present · passive | | thou | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **people** | past · passive | | | | the seas | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | the sea | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cause** | past | | your terror | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition terror=Patient | | 7 | **inhabit** | present | | the earth | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְנָשְׂא֨וּ עָלַ֤יִךְ קִינָה֙ וְאָ֣מְרוּ לָ֔ךְ אֵ֣יךְ אָבַ֔דְתְּ נוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת מִיַּמִּ֑ים הָעִ֣יר הַהֻלָּ֗לָה אֲשֶׁר֩ הָיְתָ֨ה חֲזָקָ֤ה בַיָּם֙ הִ֣יא וְיֹשְׁבֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁר־נָתְנ֥וּ חִתִּיתָ֖ם לְכָל־יוֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃ [Ezekiel 26:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:682` 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 26:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.681/) - next →: [Ezekiel 26:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.683/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 26:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.17/)