--- title: Ezekiel 37:9 (JPS 1917) — Then said He unto me: 'Prophesy unto the breath, prophesy, son of ma… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said He unto me: 'Prophesy unto the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.' Who acts: breath, Lord GOD, winds. 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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 (breath, Lord GOD, winds), 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:976 # text = Then said He unto me: 'Prophesy unto the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Prophesy prophesy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 prophesy prophesy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 vocative _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Thus thus ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 O o INTJ UH _ 38 discourse _ _ 38 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | breath | | | | then | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **prophesy** | infinitive | | | | | | unto the breath | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **prophesy** | infinitive | | | | | | son of man *vocative* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | the breath | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to breath=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | | | | the four winds | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wind=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **breathe** | infinitive | | | | | | upon this slain | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **live** | may | winds *= wind* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י הִנָּבֵ֖א אֶל־הָר֑וּחַ הִנָּבֵ֣א בֶן־אָ֠דָם וְאָמַרְתָּ֨אֶל־הָר֜וּחַ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה מֵאַרְבַּ֤ע רוּחוֹת֙ בֹּ֣אִי הָר֔וּחַ וּפְחִ֛י בַּהֲרוּגִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה וְיִֽחְיֽוּ׃ [Ezekiel 37:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:976` 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 37:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.975/) - next →: [Ezekiel 37:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.977/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 37:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.9/)