--- title: Ezekiel 32:15 (JPS 1917) — When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land desti… · tree and pragmatics description: When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. Who acts: I, land, waters. 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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, land, waters), 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:830 # text = When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 waste waste ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 15 destitute destitute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nmod _ _ 18 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 therein therein ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 36 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 | **make** | shall | I | the land of Egypt | | | | desolate *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | land | | | | | full, whereof *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **smite** | shall | I | waters *= water* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 4 | **dwell** | present | | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | shall | waters *= water* | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | 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} בְּתִתִּי֩ אֶת־אֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם שְׁמָמָ֣ה וּנְשַׁמָּ֗ה אֶ֚רֶץ מִמְּלֹאָ֔הּ בְּהַכּוֹתִ֖י אֶת־כָּל־י֣וֹשְׁבֵי בָ֑הּ וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Ezekiel 32:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.32.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:830` 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 32:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.829/) - next →: [Ezekiel 32:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.831/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 32:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.32.15/)