--- title: Ezekiel 33:11 (JPS 1917) — Say unto them: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in… · tree and pragmatics description: Say unto them: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Who acts: you, I, Lord GOD, 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 (you, I, Lord GOD, 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:859 # text = Say unto them: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 5 As as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 29 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 live live VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 50 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 O o INTJ UH _ 53 discourse _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 vocative _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto transgressions *= transgression* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **live** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | present | I | no pleasure | | the death of the wicked | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 5 | **turn** | infinitive | the wicked | | | GOD's way | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from way=Trajectory | | 6 | **live** | infinitive | the wicked *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **turn** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **turn** | infinitive | ye | | | your evil ways | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from way=Trajectory | | 9 | **die** | future | ye | | | | | house of Israel *vocative* | 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} אֱמֹ֨ר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם חַי־אָ֣נִי ׀ נְאֻ֣ם ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אִם־אֶחְפֹּץ֙ בְּמ֣וֹת הָרָשָׁ֔ע כִּ֣י אִם־בְּשׁ֥וּב רָשָׁ֛ע מִדַּרְכּ֖וֹ וְחָיָ֑ה שׁ֣וּבוּ שׁ֜וּבוּ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֧ם הָרָעִ֛ים וְלָ֥מָּה תָמ֖וּתוּ בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ [Ezekiel 33:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:859` 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 33:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.858/) - next →: [Ezekiel 33:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.860/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 33:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.11/)