--- title: Ezekiel 37:23 (JPS 1917) — neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor… · tree and pragmatics description: neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; so shall they be My people, and I will be their God. 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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 (children, 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:990 # text = neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; so shall they be My people, and I will be their God. 1 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 4 cc _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 defile defile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 any any ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 detestable detestable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 any any PRON DT PronType=Ind 16 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 transgressions transgression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 34 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ _ 36 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 cleanse cleanse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 52 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=promise, form=decl | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defile** | shall | children *= child* | children *= child* | | | | with children's idols nor children's detestable things | tree rules | | 2 | **save** | future | I | children *= child* | | children's dwelling places | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **sin** | present · perfect | children *= child* | | | | | wherein *property* | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cleanse** | future | children *= child* *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | shall | children *= child* | My people and children's God | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | future | I | children's God | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **transgress** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom transgression «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְלֹ֧א יִֽטַמְּא֣וּ ע֗וֹד בְּגִלּֽוּלֵיהֶם֙ וּבְשִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְכֹ֖ל פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֑ם וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֗ם מִכֹּ֤ל מוֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטְא֣וּ בָהֶ֔ם וְטִהַרְתִּ֤י אוֹתָם֙ וְהָיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֔ם וַאֲנִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ [Ezekiel 37:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:990` 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 37:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.989/) - next →: [Ezekiel 37:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.991/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 37:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.37.23/)