--- title: Ezekiel 32:12 (JPS 1917) — By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the… · tree and pragmatics description: By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all; and they shall spoil the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. Who acts: I, multitude, nations. 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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, multitude, nations), 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:827 # text = By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all; and they shall spoil the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | future | I | thy multitude | | | | by the swords of the mighty | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive | thy multitude *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | nations *= nation* | | | | | of the nations; terrible *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **spoil** | shall | nations *= nation* | the pride of Egypt | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **destroy** | shall · passive | | all multitude | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **pride** | | | Egypt | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=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} בְּחַרְב֤וֹת גִּבּוֹרִים֙ אַפִּ֣יל הֲמוֹנֶ֔ךָ עָרִיצֵ֥י גוֹיִ֖ם כֻּלָּ֑ם וְשָֽׁדְדוּ֙ אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן מִצְרַ֔יִם וְנִשְׁמַ֖ד כָּל־הֲמוֹנָֽהּ׃ [Ezekiel 32:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.32.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:827` 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 32:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.826/) - next →: [Ezekiel 32:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.828/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 32:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.32.12/)