--- title: Amos 3:14 (JPS 1917) — For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon… · tree and pragmatics description: For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:50 # text = For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 transgressions transgression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 altars altar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ _ 25 el el NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | shall | I | the transgressions of Israel | | | | upon Israel | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transgression=Co-Agent | | 2 | **punish** | future | I | the altars of Beth el | | | day | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Patient | | 3 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | the horns of the altar | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **fall** | infinitive | | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 5 | **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} כִּ֗י בְּי֛וֹם פָּקְדִ֥י פִשְׁעֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עָלָ֑יו וּפָֽקַדְתִּי֙ עַל־מִזְבְּח֣וֹת בֵּֽית־אֵ֔לבֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וְנִגְדְּעוּ֙ קַרְנ֣וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְנָפְל֖וּ לָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Amos 3:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.3.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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