Ezekiel 20:3 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
'Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Are ye come to inquire of Me?
Who acts: you, Lord GOD, ye · What happens: speak, say, come, inquire · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Ezekiel 20:3 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (you, Lord GOD, ye), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 speak | punct |
| 2 | Son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 speak | vocative |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 man | case |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Son | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Son | punct |
| 6 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 9 elders | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 elders | det |
| 9 | elders | elder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 speak | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Israel | case |
| 11 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 elders | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 say | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 say | cc |
| 14 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 speak | conj |
| 15 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 say | obl |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 saith | punct |
| 18 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 19 saith | advmod |
| 19 | saith | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 speak | parataxis |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 GOD | det |
| 21 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 GOD | compound |
| 22 | GOD | GOD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 saith | nsubj |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 come | punct |
| 24 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 come | aux |
| 25 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 26 come | nsubj |
| 26 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 saith | ccomp |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 inquire | mark |
| 28 | inquire | inquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 come | xcomp |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Me | case |
| 30 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 inquire | obl |
| 31 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 speak | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- yes/no question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed form=q
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | imperative | you not said here | unto the elders of Israel; Son of man vocative | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | unto elders = elder | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the Lord GOD | thus property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | come | present · passive | ye | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | inquire speech: other | to-infinitive | ye not said here | of Me | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of i=Recipient |
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
בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶת־זִקְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הֲלִדְרֹ֥שׁ אֹתִ֖י אַתֶּ֣ם בָּאִ֑ים חַי־אָ֙נִי֙ אִם־אִדָּרֵ֣שׁ לָכֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
Ezekiel 20:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- 'Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Are ye come to inquire of Me?
- As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EZK:456 of Mova's parse database.
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