--- title: Ezekiel 28:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord GOD: B… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God — Who acts: you, thou, I. 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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, thou, I), 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:724 # text = 'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God — 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 2 Son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Tyre Tyre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 Thus thus ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 Because because SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 51 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 nsubj _ _ 53 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 though though SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 63 nsubj _ _ 62 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 64 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 71 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the prince of Tyre; Son of man *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Lord GOD | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 3 | **lift up** | present · passive | | thy heart | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | a god | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sit** | present | I | | | the seat of God | | in the heart of the seas | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location | | 7 | **is a** | present | thou | man and God | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **set** | past · do-support | thou | thy heart | | | | as the heart of God | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient heart=Result | 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} בֶּן־אָדָ֡ם אֱמֹר֩ לִנְגִ֨יד צֹ֜ר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה יַ֣עַן גָּבַ֤הּ לִבְּךָ֙ וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣ל אָ֔נִי מוֹשַׁ֧ב אֱלֹהִ֛ים יָשַׁ֖בְתִּי בְּלֵ֣ב יַמִּ֑ים וְאַתָּ֤ה אָדָם֙ וְֽלֹא־אֵ֔ל וַתִּתֵּ֥ן לִבְּךָ֖ כְּלֵ֥ב אֱלֹהִֽים׃ [Ezekiel 28:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:724` 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 28:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.723/) - next →: [Ezekiel 28:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.725/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 28:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.2/)