--- title: Ezekiel 27:3 (JPS 1917) — and say unto Tyre, that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, that is th… · tree and pragmatics description: and say unto Tyre, that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, that is the merchant of the peoples unto many isles: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Thou, O Tyre, hast said: I am of perfect beauty. Who acts: you, Tyre, that, Lord GOD. 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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, Tyre, that, Lord GOD), 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:689 # text = and say unto Tyre, that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, that is the merchant of the peoples unto many isles: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Thou, O Tyre, hast said: I am of perfect beauty. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Tyre Tyre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 dwelleth dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 entry entry NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 isles isle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 Thus thus ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 O o INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ _ 35 Tyre Tyre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 vocative _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 37 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto Tyre | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dwell** | present | Tyre | | | the entry of the sea | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at entry=Location | | 3 | **is a** | present | that | the merchant | | | | of the peoples; unto many isles | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | Thou | | | | | Tyre *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | of perfect beauty | tree rules | | 7 | **enter** | | | the sea | | | | | nom entry «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} וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ לְצ֗וֹר הַיֹּשֶׁ֙בֶת֙ עַל־מְבוֹאֹ֣ת יָ֔ם רֹכֶ֙לֶת֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֶל־אִיִּ֖ים רַבִּ֑ים כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה צ֕וֹר אַ֣תְּ אָמַ֔רְתְּ אֲנִ֖י כְּלִ֥ילַת יֹֽפִי׃ [Ezekiel 27:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:689` 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 27:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.688/) - next →: [Ezekiel 27:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.690/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 27:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.3/)