--- title: Ezekiel 33:15 (JPS 1917) — if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he had taken… · tree and pragmatics description: if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. Who acts: wicked, you, righteousness. 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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, you, righteousness), 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:863 # text = if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 1 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 4 restore restore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 robbery robbery NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 committing commit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 surely surely ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restore** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the wicked | the pledge | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pledge=Theme | | 2 | **give back** | imperative | you *not said here* | that | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect | righteousness | | | | | by robbery | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the statutes of life | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in statute=Trajectory | | 5 | **commit** | gerund | you *not said here* | no iniquity | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme | | 6 | **live** | shall | righteousness | | | | | surely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **die** | shall | righteousness | | | | | | 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} חֲבֹ֨ל יָשִׁ֤יב רָשָׁע֙ גְּזֵלָ֣ה יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם בְּחֻקּ֤וֹת הַֽחַיִּים֙ הָלַ֔ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י עֲשׂ֣וֹת עָ֑וֶל חָי֥וֹ יִֽחְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א יָמֽוּת׃ [Ezekiel 33:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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