--- title: Amos 2:15 (JPS 1917) — Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift o… · tree and pragmatics description: Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself; Who acts: flight. 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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 (flight), 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:30 # text = Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself; 1 Neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 4 cc _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 handleth handle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 22 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 rideth ride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | shall | flight | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **handle** | present | | the bow | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | of foot; swift *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **deliver** | shall | flight | flight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **ride** | present | | the horse | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 6 | **deliver** | shall | flight | flight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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} וְתֹפֵ֤שׂ הַקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ לֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד וְקַ֥ל בְּרַגְלָ֖יו לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּ֑ט וְרֹכֵ֣ב הַסּ֔וּס לֹ֥א יְמַלֵּ֖ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ [Amos 2:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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