--- title: Amos 5:8 (JPS 1917) — Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and bringeth on the shadow o… · tree and pragmatics description: Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and bringeth on the shadow of death in the morning, and darkeneth the day into night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; the LORD is His name; Who acts: LORD. 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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), 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:72 # text = Him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and bringeth on the shadow of death in the morning, and darkeneth the day into night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; the LORD is His name; 1 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Pleiades Pleiades PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Orion Orion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bringeth bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 darkeneth darken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 calleth call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 poureth pour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | | the Pleiades and Orion | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pleiades=Product | | 2 | **bring** | present | | | | the shadow of death | morning | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on shadow=Destination | | 3 | **darken** | past | | | | | day; night | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **call** | present | | | | | | for the waters of the sea | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for water=Recipient | | 5 | **pour out** | present | | Pleiades | | | | upon the face of the earth | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | LORD | LORD's name | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **shadow** | | | death | | | | | nom shadow «state 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} עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּכְסִ֗יל וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ צַלְמָ֔וֶת וְי֖וֹם לַ֣יְלָה הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ הַקּוֹרֵ֣א לְמֵֽי־הַיָּ֗ם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛ם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ יְהוָ֥ה שְׁמֽוֹ׃ס [Amos 5:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:72` 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 5:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.71/) - next →: [Amos 5:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.73/) - ↑ back to [Amos 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.8/)