--- title: Amos 1:2 (JPS 1917) — And he said: The LORD roareth from Zion, and uttereth His voice from… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: The LORD roareth from Zion, and uttereth His voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. Who acts: Tekoa, LORD, pastures, top. 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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 (Tekoa, LORD, pastures, top), 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:AMO:1 # text = And he said: The LORD roareth from Zion, and uttereth His voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 roareth roar VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 uttereth utter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 mourn mourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Carmel Carmel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 wither wither VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tekoa | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **roar** | present | the LORD | | | Zion | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from zion=Trajectory | | 3 | **utter** *speech: other* | present | the LORD *not said here* | Tekoa's voice | | Jerusalem | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | | 4 | **mourn** | shall | the pastures of the shepherds | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **wither** | shall | the top of Carmel | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} וַיֹּאמַ֓ר ׀ יְהוָה֙ מִצִיּ֣וֹןיִשְׁאָ֔ג וּמִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יִתֵּ֣ן קוֹל֑וֹ וְאָֽבְלוּ֙ נְא֣וֹת הָרֹעִ֔ים וְיָבֵ֖שׁ רֹ֥אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶֽל׃פ [Amos 1:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.1.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:1` 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: [Amos 1:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.0/) - next →: [Amos 1:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.2/) - ↑ back to [Amos 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.1.2/)