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title: Ezekiel 37:16 (JPS 1917) — 'And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For J… · tree and pragmatics
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# Ezekiel 37:16 · JPS 1917

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'And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions; then take another stick, and write upon it: For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel his companions;

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**Who acts:** thou · **What happens:** take, write · **To what, where:** one stick, thee, stick

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This is Ezekiel 37:16 · 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 (thou), 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:983
# text = 'And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions; then take another stick, and write upon it: For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel his companions;
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
2	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
3	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	iobj	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	For	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	appos	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
31	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
32	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
33	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	34	det	_	_
34	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
38	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obl	_	_
40	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
41	For	for	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Ephraim	Ephraim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	appos	_	_
58	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=imp

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | infinitive | thou | one stick | thee |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument thou=Theme stick=Destination |
| 2 | **write** | infinitive | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon stick; for Judah and the children of Israel | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for judah=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | another stick |  |  | then |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |
| 4 | **write** | infinitive | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon stick; for Joseph and all house of Israel | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for joseph=Beneficiary |

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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}

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וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם קַח־לְךָ֙ עֵ֣ץ אֶחָ֔ד וּכְתֹ֤ב עָלָיו֙ לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְלִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֲבֵרָ֑יו וּלְקַח֙ עֵ֣ץ אֶחָ֔ד וּכְת֣וֹב עָלָ֗יו לְיוֹסֵף֙ עֵ֣ץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכָל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֲבֵרָֽיו׃

[Ezekiel 37:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.16/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:983` of Mova's parse database.

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