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title: Joel 1:12 — The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered; for joy is withered away from the sons of men. Who acts: fig tree. Joel 1:12 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 
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# Joel 1:12 יוֹאֵל

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**Who acts:** fig tree · **What happens:** wither, languish, wither away · **To what, where:** vine, joy

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This is Joel 1:12 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — fig tree — and what happens in the verse to vine, joy, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 4 chapters of Joel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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הַגֶּ֣פֶן הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה אֻמְלָ֑לָה רִמּ֞וֹן גַּם־תָּמָ֣ר וְתַפּ֗וּחַ כָּל־עֲצֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ יָבֵ֔שׁוּ כִּֽי־הֹבִ֥ישׁ שָׂשׂ֖וֹן מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ס

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[The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered; for joy is withered away from the sons of men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.12/)

## The tree {#tree}

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Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss.

```conllu rtl gloss
# sent_id = wlc:JOL:11
# text = הַגֶּ֣פֶן הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה אֻמְלָ֑לָה רִמּ֞וֹן גַּם־תָּמָ֣ר וְתַפּ֗וּחַ כָּל־עֲצֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ יָבֵ֔שׁוּ כִּֽי־הֹבִ֥ישׁ שָׂשׂ֖וֹן מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ס
# verse = JOL.1.12
1-2	הַגֶּ֣פֶן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	2	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JOL_1:12!1|MId=o290010120011|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
2	גֶּ֣פֶן	גֶּפֶן	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	Gloss=vine|Ref=JOL_1:12!1|MId=o290010120012|Strong=1612
3	הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה	יָבֵשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.has.dried.up|Ref=JOL_1:12!2|MId=o290010120021|Strong=3001|Frame=A0:290010120012;|Type=qatal
4-6	וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JOL_1:12!3|MId=o290010120031|Strong=2050b
5	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	6	det	_	Gloss=the.fig|Ref=JOL_1:12!3|MId=o290010120032|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	תְּאֵנָ֖ה	תְּאֵנָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=tree|Ref=JOL_1:12!3|MId=o290010120033|Strong=8384
7	אֻמְלָ֑לָה	אָמַל	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PULAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	conj	_	Gloss=it.has.languished|Ref=JOL_1:12!4|MId=o290010120041|Strong=0535|Frame=A0:290010120033;|Type=qatal
8	רִמּ֞וֹן	רִמּוֹן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=[the].pomegranate.tree|Ref=JOL_1:12!5|MId=o290010120051|Strong=7416
9	גַּם־	גַּם	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	Gloss=also|Ref=JOL_1:12!6|MId=o290010120061|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No
10	תָּמָ֣ר	תָּמָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	conj	_	Gloss=[the].palm.tree|Ref=JOL_1:12!7|MId=o290010120071|Strong=8558
11-12	וְתַפּ֗וּחַ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and.[the]|Ref=JOL_1:12!8|MId=o290010120081|Strong=2050b
12	תַפּ֗וּחַ	תַּפּוּחַ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	conj	_	Gloss=apple.tree|Ref=JOL_1:12!8|MId=o290010120082|Strong=8598
13	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	appos	_	Gloss=all|Ref=JOL_1:12!9|MId=o290010120091|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
14	עֲצֵ֤י	עֵץ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.trees|Ref=JOL_1:12!10|MId=o290010120101|Strong=6086
15-16	הַשָּׂדֶה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=JOL_1:12!11|MId=o290010120111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	שָּׂדֶה֙	שָׂדֶה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.field|Ref=JOL_1:12!11|MId=o290010120112|Strong=7704
17	יָבֵ֔שׁוּ	יָבֵשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.have.dried.up|Ref=JOL_1:12!12|MId=o290010120121|Strong=3001|Frame=A0:290010120051;290010120071;290010120082;|Type=qatal
18	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	19	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JOL_1:12!13|MId=o290010120131|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
19	הֹבִ֥ישׁ	יָבֵשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	advcl	_	Gloss=it.has.been.ashamed|Ref=JOL_1:12!14|MId=o290010120141|Strong=0954|Frame=A0:290010120151;|Type=qatal
20	שָׂשׂ֖וֹן	שָׂשׂוֹן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=joy|Ref=JOL_1:12!15|MId=o290010120151|Strong=8342
21	מִן־	מִן	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=JOL_1:12!16|MId=o290010120161|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No
22	בְּנֵ֥י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	19	obl	_	Gloss=the.children|Ref=JOL_1:12!17|MId=o290010120171|Strong=1121
23	אָדָֽם	אָדָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.humankind|Ref=JOL_1:12!18|MId=o290010120181|Strong=0120|SpaceAfter=No
24	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	23	punct	_	Ref=JOL_1:12!18|SpaceAfter=No
25	ס	ס	PUNCT	_	_	23	punct	_	Ref=JOL_1:12!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הוֹבִישָׁה *it has dried up* | qatal · hiphil | גֶּפֶן *vine* |  |  |  |
| אֻמְלָלָה *it has languished* | qatal · pulal | תְּאֵנָה *tree* |  |  |  |
| יָבֵשׁוּ *they have dried up* | qatal · qal | רִמּוֹן *\[the\] pomegranate tree* + תָּמָר *\[the\] palm tree* + תַפּוּחַ *apple tree* |  |  |  |
| הֹבִישׁ *it has been ashamed* | qatal · hiphil | שָׂשׂוֹן *joy* |  |  |  |

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MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen.

## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos}

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גוּפְנַיָא יְבִישׁוּ וְתֵינַיָא נְתַרוּ רִמוֹנִין אַף דִקְלִין וְחַזוּר כָּל אִילָנֵי חַקְלָא יְבִישׁוּ אֲרֵי פַסְקַת חֶדְוָתָא מִבְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in.

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1. [The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered; for joy is withered away from the sons of men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.12/)

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**Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain.

**English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:JOL:11`.

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