--- title: Ezekiel 18:27 (JPS 1917) — Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he… · tree and pragmatics description: Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Who acts: wicked man, man. 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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 man, man), 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:432 # text = Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 1 Again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 turneth turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 lawful lawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | present | the wicked man | | | man's wickedness | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from wickedness=Source | | 2 | **commit** | present · perfect | man | man's wickedness | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present | the wicked man *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | lawful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **save** | shall | man | man's soul | | | again | alive *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=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} וּבְשׁ֣וּב רָשָׁ֗ע מֵֽרִשְׁעָתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַשׂ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָ֑ה ה֖וּא אֶת־נַפְשׁ֥וֹ יְחַיֶּֽה׃ [Ezekiel 18:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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