--- title: Ezekiel 33:24 (JPS 1917) — 'Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Isr… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. Who acts: wicked, Abraham, we. 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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 (wicked, Abraham, we), 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:873 # text = 'Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 2 Son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 vocative _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 inhabit inhabit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 ccomp _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 inherited inherit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inhabit** | present | | that waste places | | the land of Israel | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | wicked | | | | | Son of man *vocative* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | wicked *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | Abraham | one | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **inherit** | past | Abraham | the land | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | we | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | present · passive | | the land | us | | | for inheritance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient we=Theme for inheritance=Asset | 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} בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם יֹ֠שְׁבֵי הֶחֳרָב֨וֹת הָאֵ֜לֶּה עַל־אַדְמַ֤ת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֹמְרִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶחָד֙ הָיָ֣ה אַבְרָהָ֔ם וַיִּירַ֖שׁ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ רַבִּ֔ים לָ֛נוּ נִתְּנָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ לְמוֹרָשָֽׁה׃ס [Ezekiel 33:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:873` 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 33:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.872/) - next →: [Ezekiel 33:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.874/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 33:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.24/)