--- title: Ezekiel 30:24 (JPS 1917) — And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sw… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. Who acts: I, king. 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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), 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:794 # text = And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 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 strengthen strengthen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 groan groan VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 groanings groaning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 deadly deadly ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 42 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **strengthen** | future | I | the arms of the king of Babylon | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | I *not said here* | My sword | | king's hand | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme in hand=Destination | | 3 | **break** | future | I | the arms of Pharaoh | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient | | 4 | **groan** | shall | king | | | | before Pharaoh | with the groanings of a wounded man | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with groaning=Theme | 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} וְחִזַּקְתִּ֗י אֶת־זְרֹעוֹת֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־חַרְבִּ֖י בְּיָד֑וֹ וְשָׁבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־זְרֹע֣וֹת פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְנָאַ֛ק נַאֲק֥וֹת חָלָ֖ל לְפָנָֽיו׃ [Ezekiel 30:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:794` 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 30:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.793/) - next →: [Ezekiel 30:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.795/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.24/)