--- title: Amos 8:2 (JPS 1917) — And He said: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A basket of summe… · tree and pragmatics description: And He said: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A basket of summer fruit.' Then said the LORD unto me: The end is come upon My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more. Who acts: GOD, I, LORD, end. 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Then said the LORD unto me: The end is come upon My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more. **Who acts:** GOD, I, LORD, end · **What happens:** say, see, come, not pardon · **To what, where:** people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Amos 8:2 · 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 (GOD, I, LORD, end), 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:128 # text = And He said: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A basket of summer fruit.' Then said the LORD unto me: The end is come upon My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more. 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 : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Amos Amos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 vocative _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 18 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 25 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 pardon pardon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 any any ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other, act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | GOD | | | | | | 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 | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | present · passive | the end | | | | | upon My people | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon people=Location | | 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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ עָמ֔וֹס וָאֹמַ֖ר כְּל֣וּב קָ֑יִץ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י בָּ֤א הַקֵּץ֙ אֶל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ׃ [Amos 8:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.8.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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