--- title: Amos 2:6 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for fo… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; Who acts: LORD, I, transgressions, Israel. 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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, I, transgressions, Israel), 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:20 # text = Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 6 For for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 transgressions transgression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 yea yea INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 reverse reverse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sell sell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 needy needy ADJ NN Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **reverse** | future | I | fire | | | | for three transgressions of Israel; for four | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **sell** | present | transgressions *= transgression* | the righteous | | | | for silver; for a pair of shoes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent righteous=Theme for silver=Asset | | 4 | **transgress** | | Israel | | | | | | nom transgression «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַל־מִכְרָ֤ם בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ צַדִּ֔יק וְאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּעֲב֥וּר נַעֲלָֽיִם׃ [Amos 2:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:20` 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 2:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.19/) - next →: [Amos 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.21/) - ↑ back to [Amos 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.6/)