--- title: Ezekiel 30:12 (JPS 1917) — And I will make the rivers dry, and will give the land over into the… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will make the rivers dry, and will give the land over into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken it. Who acts: 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 (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:782 # text = And I will make the rivers dry, and will give the land over into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 over over ADV RB _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 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 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 25 conj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 therein therein ADV RB _ 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | future | I | the rivers | | | | dry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Product | | 2 | **give over** | future | I *not said here* | the land | | the hand of evil men | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 3 | **make** | future | I | the land | | | | by the hand of strangers; desolate *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Product | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | land | | | | | 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} וְנָתַתִּ֤י יְאֹרִים֙ חָֽרָבָ֔ה וּמָכַרְתִּ֥י אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּיַד־רָעִ֑ים וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֞י אֶ֤רֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ֙ בְּיַד־זָרִ֔ים אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃ס [Ezekiel 30:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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