--- title: Ezekiel 28:24 (JPS 1917) — And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel… · tree and pragmatics description: And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a piercing thorn of any that are round about them, that did have them in disdain; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. Who acts: pricking brier, brier, 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 (pricking brier, brier, 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:747 # text = And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a piercing thorn of any that are round about them, that did have them in disdain; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX _ 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD _ 4 aux _ _ 4 be be VERB VB _ 0 root _ _ 5 no no ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 pricking prick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 brier brier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 19 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 piercing pierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 19 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 about about ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 disdain disdain NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD _ 38 aux _ _ 38 know know VERB VB _ 4 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | shall | a pricking brier unto the house of Israel nor a piercing thorn of any | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | about brier; round *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past · do-support | | brier | | disdain | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **know** | shall | brier | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | the Lord GOD | | | | | 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} וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֨ה ע֜וֹד לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל סִלּ֤וֹן מַמְאִיר֙ וְק֣וֹץ מַכְאִ֔ב מִכֹּל֙ סְבִ֣יבֹתָ֔ם הַשָּׁאטִ֖ים אוֹתָ֑ם וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ס [Ezekiel 28:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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