--- title: Amos 7:17 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the LORD: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the cit… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the LORD: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.' 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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 (LORD, wife, sons, line), 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:126 # text = Therefore thus saith the LORD: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.' 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 harlot harlot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 40 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 39 nmod _ _ 41 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 49 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 surely surely ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 54 away away ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 56 out out ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | shall | Thy wife | a harlot | | the city | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | shall | thy sons and thy daughters | | | | | by the sword | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | | 4 | **divide** | shall · passive | line | thy land | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **die** | shall | thou | | | | | in a unclean land | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in land=Attribute | | 6 | **lead away** | shall · passive | | Israel | | LORD's land | | away, captive, surely *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme out land=Destination | 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} לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֞ בָּעִ֤יר תִּזְנֶה֙ וּבָנֶ֤יךָ וּבְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֔לוּ וְאַדְמָתְךָ֖ בַּחֶ֣בֶל תְּחֻלָּ֑ק וְאַתָּ֗ה עַל־אֲדָמָ֤ה טְמֵאָה֙ תָּמ֔וּת וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל גָּלֹ֥ה יִגְלֶ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ס [Amos 7:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:126` 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 7:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.125/) - next →: [Amos 8:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.127/) - ↑ back to [Amos 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.7.17/)