--- title: Ezekiel 29:3 (JPS 1917) — speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee,… · tree and pragmatics description: speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said: My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. Who acts: you, Lord GOD, I, great dragon. 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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, Lord GOD, I, great dragon), 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:752 # text = speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said: My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 1 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 ccomp _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lieth lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | against thee | tree rules | | 5 | **lie** | present | the great dragon of Egypt's rivers | | | the midst | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in midst=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the great dragon of Egypt's rivers | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | My river | | | | | own *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | present · perfect | I | midst | | | | for myself | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for myself=Beneficiary | 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} דַּבֵּ֨ר וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם הַתַּנִּים֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל הָרֹבֵ֖ץ בְּת֣וֹךְ יְאֹרָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֛ר לִ֥י יְאֹרִ֖י וַאֲנִ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽנִי׃ [Ezekiel 29:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:752` 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 29:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.751/) - next →: [Ezekiel 29:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.753/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 29:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.3/)