--- title: Lamentations 4:11 (JPS 1917) — The LORD hath accomplished His fury, He hath poured out His fierce a… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD hath accomplished His fury, He hath poured out His fierce anger; and He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof. Who acts: LORD, Zion. 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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 (LORD, Zion), 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:LAM:132 # text = The LORD hath accomplished His fury, He hath poured out His fierce anger; and He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 foundations foundation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accomplish** | present · perfect | the LORD | LORD's fury | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fury=Eventuality | | 2 | **pour out** | present · perfect | LORD | LORD's fierce anger | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Patient | | 3 | **kindle** | present · perfect | LORD | a fire | | Zion | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 4 | **devour** | present · perfect | Zion | the foundations | | | | thereof *property* | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Patient | | 5 | **infuriate** | | LORD | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **anger** | | LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling 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} כִּלָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־חֲמָת֔וֹ שָׁפַ֖ךְ חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּצֶּת־אֵ֣שׁ בְּצִיּ֔וֹן וַתֹּ֖אכַל יְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃ס [Lamentations 4:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LAM:132` 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: [Lamentations 4:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.131/) - next →: [Lamentations 4:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.133/) - ↑ back to [Lamentations 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.11/)