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title: Lamentations 2:8 (JPS 1917) — The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion;… · tree and pragmatics
description: The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, He hath not withdrawn His hand from destroying; but He hath made the rampart and wall to mourn, they languish together. Who acts: LORD, rampart, walls. Lamentations 2:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency
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# Lamentations 2:8 · JPS 1917

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The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, He hath not withdrawn His hand from destroying; but He hath made the rampart and wall to mourn, they languish together.

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**Who acts:** LORD, rampart, walls · **What happens:** purpose, destroy, stretch out, not withdraw, make, mourn · **To what, where:** wall, line, hand, rampart

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This is Lamentations 2:8 · 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 (LORD, rampart, walls), 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:34
# text = The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, He hath not withdrawn His hand from destroying; but He hath made the rampart and wall to mourn, they languish together.
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	purposed	purpose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Zion	Zion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
18	out	out	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
25	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
26	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
29	destroying	destroy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	advcl	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	rampart	rampart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	mourn	mourn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	languish	languish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
44	together	together	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purpose** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the wall of the daughter of Zion |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |
| 3 | **stretch out** | present · perfect | Lord | the line |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent line=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **withdraw** | present · perfect | Lord | Lord's hand |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 5 | **destroy** | gerund | Lord *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **make** | present · perfect | Lord | the rampart and wall |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **mourn** | to-infinitive | the rampart and wall *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **languish** | present | walls *= wall* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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חָשַׁ֨ב יְהוָ֤ה ׀ לְהַשְׁחִית֙ חוֹמַ֣ת בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן נָ֣טָה קָ֔ו לֹא־הֵשִׁ֥יב יָד֖וֹ מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־חֵ֥ל וְחוֹמָ֖ה יַחְדָּ֥ו אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃ס

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