--- title: Amos 9:4 (JPS 1917) — And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will… · tree and pragmatics description: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set Mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Who acts: posts, I, sword. 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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 (posts, I, sword), 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:145 # text = And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set Mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 thence thence ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 28 Mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 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 | **go** | present | posts *= post* | | | captivity | before posts's enemies | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into captivity=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **command** | future | I | the sword | | | | thence *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality | | 3 | **slay** | shall | sword | posts *= post* | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **set** | future | I | Mine eyes | | | | upon posts *= post*; for evil | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme upon they=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} וְאִם־יֵלְכ֤וּ בַשְּׁבִי֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֹֽיבֵיהֶ֔םמִשָּׁ֛ם אֲצַוֶּ֥ה אֶת־הַחֶ֖רֶב וַהֲרָגָ֑תַם וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י עֵינִ֧י עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לְרָעָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א לְטוֹבָֽה׃ [Amos 9:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.9.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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