--- title: Ezekiel 3:20 (JPS 1917) — Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and co… · tree and pragmatics description: Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.61/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/3/) / [3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.3.20/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 3:20 · JPS 1917 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand. **Who acts:** righteous man, I, man, thou · **What happens:** turn, commit, lay, die, not give, do · **To what, where:** righteousness, iniquity, stumblingblock, warning, man, righteous deeds This is Ezekiel 3:20 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (righteous man, I, man, thou), 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:61 # text = Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 1 Again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 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 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 commit commit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 15 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stumblingblock stumblingblock NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 29 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 31 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 57 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present · do-support | a righteous man | | | man's righteousness | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from righteousness=Trajectory | | 2 | **commit** | infinitive | a righteous man *not said here* | iniquity | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme | | 3 | **lay** | future | I | a stumblingblock | | | before man; again | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stumblingblock=Theme before he=Destination | | 4 | **die** | shall | man | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **give** | present · perfect | thou | warning | man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient warning=Theme | | 6 | **die** | shall | man | | | | | in man's sin | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sin=Attribute | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | man | man's righteous deeds | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **remember** | shall · passive | | man's righteous deeds | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **require** | future | I | man's blood | | thy hand | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme blood=Precondition | 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} וּבְשׁ֨וּב צַדִּ֤יק מִצִּדְקוֹ֙ וְעָ֣שָׂה עָ֔וֶל וְנָתַתִּ֥י מִכְשׁ֛וֹל לְפָנָ֖יו ה֣וּא יָמ֑וּת כִּ֣י לֹ֤א הִזְהַרְתּוֹ֙ בְּחַטָּאת֣וֹ יָמ֔וּת וְלֹ֣א תִזָּכַ֗רְןָ צִדְקֹתָו֙אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְדָמ֖וֹ מִיָּדְךָ֥ אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ [Ezekiel 3:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.3.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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