--- title: Ezekiel 30:25 (JPS 1917) — And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. Who acts: I, arms, groanings, 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, arms, groanings, 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:795 # text = And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 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 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 down down ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 37 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 stretch stretch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 54 upon upon ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold up** | future | I | the arms of the king of Babylon | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arm=Theme | | 2 | **fall down** | shall | the arms of Pharaoh | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **know** | shall | groanings *= groaning* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **put** | shall | I | My sword | | the hand of the king of Babylon | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sword=Goal | | 6 | **stretch out** | shall | king | arm | | | | upon the land of Egypt | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} וְהַחֲזַקְתִּ֗י אֶת־זְרֹעוֹת֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וּזְרֹע֥וֹת פַּרְעֹ֖ה תִּפֹּ֑לְנָה וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה בְּתִתִּ֤י חַרְבִּי֙ בְּיַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְנָטָ֥ה אוֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Ezekiel 30:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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