--- title: Ezekiel 18:19 (JPS 1917) — When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept… · tree and pragmatics description: When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all My statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. Who acts: son. 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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 (son), 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:422 # text = When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all My statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 lawful lawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 surely surely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · perfect | the son | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | lawful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | present · perfect | the son *not said here* | My statutes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Theme | | 5 | **do** | present · perfect | the son *not said here* | statutes *= statute* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 6 | **live** | shall | son | | | | | surely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «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} וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם מַדֻּ֛עַ לֹא־נָשָׂ֥א הַבֵּ֖ן בַּעֲוֺ֣ן הָאָ֑ב וְהַבֵּ֞ן מִשְׁפָּ֧ט וּצְדָקָ֣ה עָשָׂ֗ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־חֻקּוֹתַ֥י שָׁמַ֛ר וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶֽה׃ [Ezekiel 18:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.19/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Yet say ye: Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father with him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.421/) 2. **When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all My statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:422` 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 18:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.421/) - next →: [Ezekiel 18:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.423/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 18:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.19/)