--- title: Ezekiel 36:37 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will yet for this be inquired of by the h… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. Who acts: Lord GOD, house, I. 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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 (Lord GOD, house, I), 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:966 # text = Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 9 yet yet ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obl _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 inquired inquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:agent _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 increase increase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **inquire of** *speech: other* | future · passive | the house of Israel | I | | | yet | for this | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the house of Israel *not said here* | land | | | | for places *= place* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 4 | **increase** | future | I | places *= place* | | | | with men like a flock | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer they=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} כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה ע֗וֹד זֹ֛את אִדָּרֵ֥שׁ לְבֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָהֶ֑ם אַרְבֶּ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם כַּצֹּ֖אן אָדָֽם׃ [Ezekiel 36:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.36.37/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:966` 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 36:36 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.965/) - next →: [Ezekiel 36:38 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.967/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 36:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.36.37/)