--- title: Ezekiel 37:19 (JPS 1917) — say into them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the stic… · tree and pragmatics description: say into them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them unto him together with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand. 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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 (you, Lord GOD, I, stick), 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:986 # text = say into them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them unto him together with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand. 1 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 Thus thus ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 acl:relcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Ephraim Ephraim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 appos _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 55 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 cop _ _ 61 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 xcomp _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | into children *= child* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | future | I | the stick of Joseph and the tribes of Israel | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | the stick of Joseph and the tribes of Israel | | | the hand | | of Ephraim | tree rules | | 5 | **put** | future | I | children *= child* | | | | unto GOD; with the stick of Judah; together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | I *not said here* | one stick | children *= child* | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary stick=Product | | 7 | **is a** | shall | children *= child* | one | | My hand | | | tree rules | 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} דַּבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִנֵּה֩ אֲנִ֨י לֹקֵ֜חַ אֶת־עֵ֤ץ יוֹסֵף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיַד־אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְשִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֲבֵרָ֑יו וְנָתַתִּי֩ אוֹתָ֨ם עָלָ֜יו אֶת־עֵ֣ץ יְהוּדָ֗ה וַֽעֲשִׂיתִם֙ לְעֵ֣ץ אֶחָ֔ד וְהָי֥וּ אֶחָ֖ד בְּיָדִֽי׃ [Ezekiel 37:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:986` 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 37:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.985/) - next →: [Ezekiel 37:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.987/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 37:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.19/)