--- title: Ezekiel 36:3 (JPS 1917) — therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because, even… · tree and pragmatics description: therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the rest of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people; Who acts: you, place --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.932/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/36/) / [36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.36.3/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 36:3 · JPS 1917 therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the rest of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people; **Who acts:** you, places, ye · **What happens:** prophesy, say, make, swallow up, be, take up · **To what, where:** Lord GOD, you, side, possession, ye, lips · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezekiel 36:3 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (you, places, ye), 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:932 # text = therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the rest of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people; 1 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 prophesy prophesy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 13 Because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 even even ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 advcl _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 talkers talker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prophesy** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the Lord GOD | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 4 | **make** | present · perfect | places *= place* | you | | | | desolate *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 5 | **swallow up** | participle | places *= place* *not said here* | you | | every side | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | might | ye | a possession | | | | unto the rest of the nations | tree rules | | 7 | **take up** | present · passive | | ye | | the lips of talkers and the evil report of the people | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in lip=Location | | 8 | **report** | | | the people | | | | | nom report «communication 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} לָכֵן֙ הִנָּבֵ֣א וְאָמַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה יַ֣עַן בְּיַ֡עַן שַׁמּוֹת֩ וְשָׁאֹ֨ף אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִסָּבִ֗יב לִֽהְיוֹתְכֶ֤ם מֽוֹרָשָׁה֙ לִשְׁאֵרִ֣ית הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּ עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת לָשׁ֖וֹן וְדִבַּת־עָֽם׃ [Ezekiel 36:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.36.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:932` 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 36:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.931/) - next →: [Ezekiel 36:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.933/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.36.3/)