--- title: Ezekiel 29:20 (JPS 1917) — I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which he served,… · tree and pragmatics description: I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which he served, because they wrought for Me, saith the Lord GOD. Who acts: I, king, wages, Lord 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 (I, king, wages, Lord 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:769 # text = I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which he served, because they wrought for Me, saith the Lord GOD. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wrought wrought VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 26 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the land of Egypt | king | | | as king's hire | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient land=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | past | king | | | | | for king's hire | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for which=Recipient | | 3 | **wrought** | past | wages *= wage* | | | | | for Me | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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} פְּעֻלָּתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁר־עָ֣בַד בָּ֔הּ נָתַ֥תִּי ל֖וֹ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֙ עָ֣שׂוּ לִ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ס [Ezekiel 29:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:769` 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 29:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.768/) - next →: [Ezekiel 29:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.770/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 29:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.29.20/)