--- title: Ezekiel 17:15 (JPS 1917) — Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he b… · tree and pragmatics description: Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape? Who acts: mighty. 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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 (mighty), 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:393 # text = Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape? 1 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 yet yet ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prosper** | shall | mighty | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **escape** | shall | mighty | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present | | such things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 4 | **break** | shall | mighty | the covenant | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer covenant=Patient | | 5 | **escape** | infinitive | mighty *not said here* | | | | yet | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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} וַיִּמְרָד־בּ֗וֹ לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ מַלְאָכָיו֙ מִצְרַ֔יִם לָֽתֶת־ל֥וֹ סוּסִ֖ים וְעַם־רָ֑ב הֲיִצְלָ֤ח הֲיִמָּלֵט֙ הָעֹשֵׂ֣ה אֵ֔לֶּה וְהֵפֵ֥ר בְּרִ֖ית וְנִמְלָֽט׃ [Ezekiel 17:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.15/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.392/) 2. **Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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