--- title: Amos 8:11 (JPS 1917) — Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. Who acts: days, Lord GOD, I. 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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 (days, Lord GOD, 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:138 # text = Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | the days | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **send** | future | I | a famine and a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but hearing the words of the LORD | | the land | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent famine=Theme in land=Destination | | 4 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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} הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֗ים נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־רָעָ֤ב לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ וְלֹֽא־צָמָ֣א לַמַּ֔יִם כִּ֣י אִם־לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Amos 8:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.8.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:138` 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 8:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.137/) - next →: [Amos 8:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.139/) - ↑ back to [Amos 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.8.11/)