--- title: Ezekiel 18:21 (JPS 1917) — But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and… · tree and pragmatics description: But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Who acts: wicked. 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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 (wicked), 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:424 # text = But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wicked wicked NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 obj _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 lawful lawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 surely surely ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the wicked | | | wicked's sins | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from sin=Trajectory | | 2 | **commit** | present · perfect | wicked | wicked's sins | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | the wicked *not said here* | My statutes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Theme | | 4 | **do** | present | the wicked *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | lawful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | shall | wicked | | | | | surely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **die** | shall | wicked | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וְהָרָשָׁ֗ע כִּ֤י יָשׁוּב֙ מִכָּל־חַטֹּאתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְשָׁמַר֙ אֶת־כָּל־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י וְעָשָׂ֥ה מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָ֑ה חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃ [Ezekiel 18:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:424` 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 18:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.423/) - next →: [Ezekiel 18:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.425/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 18:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.21/)