--- title: Lamentations 4:16 (JPS 1917) — The anger of the LORD hath divided them; He will no more regard them… · tree and pragmatics description: The anger of the LORD hath divided them; He will no more regard them; they respected not the persons of the priests, they were not gracious unto the elders. Who acts: anger, men, LORD. 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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 (anger, men, LORD), 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:137 # text = The anger of the LORD hath divided them; He will no more regard them; they respected not the persons of the priests, they were not gracious unto the elders. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 no no ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 14 regard regard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 respected respect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **divide** | present · perfect | the anger of the LORD | men *= man* | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **regard** | future | anger | men *= man* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **not** **respect** | past | men *= man* | the persons of the priests | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | men *= man* | | | | | unto the elders; gracious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **anger** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=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} פְּנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ חִלְּקָ֔ם לֹ֥א יוֹסִ֖יף לְהַבִּיטָ֑ם פְּנֵ֤י כֹהֲנִים֙ לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּזְקֵנִ֖יםלֹ֥א חָנָֽנוּ׃ס [Lamentations 4:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LAM:137` 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 4:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.136/) - next →: [Lamentations 4:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.138/) - ↑ back to [Lamentations 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.16/)