--- title: Ezekiel 29:15 (JPS 1917) — It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more… · tree and pragmatics description: It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Who acts: kingdom, I, Egyptians. 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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 (kingdom, I, Egyptians), 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:764 # text = It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lowliest lowly ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 15 cc _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 any any ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 15 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 16 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 18 above above ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 diminish diminish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 no no ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 33 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | kingdom | | | | | of the kingdoms; lowly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lift up** | shall | kingdom | kingdom | | the nations | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme above nation=Destination | | 3 | **diminish** | future | I | Egyptians *= egyptian* | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer they=Patient | | 4 | **rule** | shall | Egyptians *= egyptian* | | | the nations | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} מִן־הַמַּמְלָכוֹת֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה שְׁפָלָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־תִתְנַשֵּׂ֥א ע֖וֹד עַל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְהִ֨מְעַטְתִּ֔ים לְבִלְתִּ֖י רְד֥וֹת בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ [Ezekiel 29:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:764` 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 29:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.763/) - next →: [Ezekiel 29:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.765/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 29:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.15/)