--- title: Ezekiel 18:20 (JPS 1917) — The soul that sinneth, it shall die; the son shall not bear the iniq… · tree and pragmatics description: The soul that sinneth, it shall die; the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father with him, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son with him; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 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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 (soul, son, father, righteousness), 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:423 # text = The soul that sinneth, it shall die; the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father with him, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son with him; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sinneth sin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 27 cc _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 righteous righteous NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 parataxis _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 nmod _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 54 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 conj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sin** | present | the soul | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** | shall | the soul | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **bear** | shall | the son | the iniquity of the father | | | | with man | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Patient | | 4 | **bear** | shall | the father | the iniquity of the son | | | | with son | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Patient | | 5 | **is** | shall | the righteousness of the righteous | | | | | upon son | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | shall | the wickedness of the wicked | | | | | upon son | 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} הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַחֹטֵ֖את הִ֣יא תָמ֑וּת בֵּ֞ן לֹא־יִשָּׂ֣א ׀ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן הָאָ֗ב וְאָב֙ לֹ֤א יִשָּׂא֙ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן הַבֵּ֔ן צִדְקַ֤ת הַצַּדִּיק֙ עָלָ֣יו תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְרִשְׁעַ֥ת הָרָשָׁ֖ע עָלָ֥יו תִּֽהְיֶֽה׃ס [Ezekiel 18:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:423` 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.422/) - next →: [Ezekiel 18:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.424/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.20/)