--- title: Ezekiel 29:9 (JPS 1917) — And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they shall kn… · tree and pragmatics description: And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they shall know that I am the LORD; because he hath said: The river is mine, and I have made it. Who acts: land, beasts, I, 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 (land, beasts, I, 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:758 # text = And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they shall know that I am the LORD; because he hath said: The river is mine, and I have made it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 waste waste ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 mine mine PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 ccomp _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | the land of Egypt | | | | | desolate *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the land of Egypt *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | shall | beasts *= beast* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | the river | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | present · perfect | I | land | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | 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} וְהָיְתָ֤ה אֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֣ה וְחָרְבָּ֔ה וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה יַ֧עַן אָמַ֛ר יְאֹ֥ר לִ֖י וַאֲנִ֥י עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ [Ezekiel 29:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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