--- title: Amos 7:8 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A p… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more; Who acts: LORD, I. 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Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more; **Who acts:** LORD, I · **What happens:** say, see, set, not pardon · **To what, where:** plumbline, midst, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Amos 7:8 · 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, I), 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:117 # text = And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Amos Amos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 vocative _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 12 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 21 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 plumbline plumbline NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 23 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 plumbline plumbline NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 pardon pardon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 any any ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | present | | | | | | Amos *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Lord | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **set** | future | I | a plumbline | | the midst of My people | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent plumbline=Theme in midst=Destination | | 6 | **not** **pardon** | future | I | people | | | again | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ עָמ֔וֹס וָאֹמַ֖ר אֲנָ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י הִנְנִ֨י שָׂ֤ם אֲנָךְ֙ בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ׃ [Amos 7:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:117` 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 7:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.116/) - next →: [Amos 7:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.118/) - ↑ back to [Amos 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.8/)