--- title: Ezekiel 18:28 (JPS 1917) — Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions… · tree and pragmatics description: Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Who acts: 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 (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:433 # text = Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 considereth consider VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 turneth turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 transgressions transgression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 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 , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 surely surely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 . . PUNCT . _ 20 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 | **consider** | present | man | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn away** | present | man *not said here* | | | man's transgressions | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from transgression=Source | | 3 | **commit** | present · perfect | man | man's transgressions | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **live** | shall | man | | | | | surely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **die** | shall | man | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **transgress** | | man | | | | | | nom transgression «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיִּרְאֶ֣ה וַיָּ֔שָׁב מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעָ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה חָי֥וֹ יִחְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃ [Ezekiel 18:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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