--- title: Ezekiel 4:14 (JPS 1917) — Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; f… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abhorred flesh into my mouth.' Who acts: I, abhorred flesh. 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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, abhorred flesh), 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:83 # text = Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abhorred flesh into my mouth.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 6 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 7 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 vocative _ _ 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 10 behold behold INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 polluted pollute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 23 up up ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 25 till till ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 dieth die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 46 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 expl _ _ 47 abhorred abhor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **pollute** | present · perfect · passive | | my soul | | | | Lord GOD *vocative* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **eat** | present · perfect | I | | | | | for my youth; of that | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of that=Source | | 4 | **die** | present | | | | | | of soul | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of itself=Causer | | 5 | **tear** | present · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | of beasts | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: of beast=Trajectory | | 6 | **come** | past | abhorred flesh | | | my mouth; there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mouth=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **abhor** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲהָהּ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י לֹ֣א מְטֻמָּאָ֑ה וּנְבֵלָ֨ה וּטְרֵפָ֤ה לֹֽא־אָכַ֙לְתִּי֙ מִנְּעוּרַ֣י וְעַד־עַ֔תָּה וְלֹא־בָ֥א בְּפִ֖י בְּשַׂ֥ר פִּגּֽוּל׃ס [Ezekiel 4:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.4.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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