--- title: Amos 5:11 (JPS 1917) — Therefore, because ye trample upon the poor, and take from him exact… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, because ye trample upon the poor, and take from him exactions of wheat; ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them, ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine thereof. Who acts: ye. 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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 (ye), 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:75 # text = Therefore, because ye trample upon the poor, and take from him exactions of wheat; ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them, ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine thereof. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 5 trample trample VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 poor poor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 exactions exaction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 21 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 hewn hew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 amod _ _ 24 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 37 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 vineyards vineyard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trample** | present | ye | | | | | upon the poor | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | ye *not said here* | exactions of wheat | | | | from destruction | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent exaction=Theme from he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **build** | present · perfect | ye | houses of hewn stone | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | | 4 | **hew** | participle | | | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **dwell** | shall | ye | | | | | in exactions *= exaction* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Location | | 6 | **plant** | present · perfect | ye | pleasant vineyards | | | | therefore *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vineyard=Patient | | 7 | **not** **drink** | shall | ye | wine | | | | thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 8 | **exact** | | | wheat | | | | | nom exaction «act 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} לָ֠כֵן יַ֣עַן בּוֹשַׁסְכֶ֞ם עַל־דָּ֗ל וּמַשְׂאַת־בַּר֙ תִּקְח֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ בָּתֵּ֥י גָזִ֛ית בְּנִיתֶ֖ם וְלֹא־תֵ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֑ם כַּרְמֵי־חֶ֣מֶד נְטַעְתֶּ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁתּ֖וּ אֶת־יֵינָֽם׃ [Amos 5:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:75` 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 5:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.74/) - next →: [Amos 5:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.76/) - ↑ back to [Amos 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.11/)