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title: Amos 6:2 (JPS 1917) — Pass ye unto Calneh, and see, and from thence go ye to Hamath the gr… · tree and pragmatics
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# Amos 6:2 · JPS 1917

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Pass ye unto Calneh, and see, and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines; are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

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**Who acts:** ye, Philistines, border · **What happens:** pass, see, go, go down, be · **To what, where:** Hamath, Gath

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This is Amos 6:2 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, Philistines, border), 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:96
# text = Pass ye unto Calneh, and see, and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines; are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
1	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	1	nsubj	_	_
3	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Calneh	Calneh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	12	obl	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nsubj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Hamath	Hamath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
21	down	down	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Gath	Gath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Philistines	Philistines	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
28	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
31	than	than	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	33	det	_	_
33	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
34	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
35	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
37	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
39	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
40	than	than	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: ask
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=ask

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | infinitive | ye |  |  |  |  | unto Calneh | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | ye *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | ye |  | Hamath |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from thence=Initial\_Location to hamath=Destination |
| 4 | **go down** | infinitive |  |  | Gath of the Philistines |  | then | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **is** | present | Philistines |  |  |  |  | than this kingdoms; good *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present | Philistines's border |  |  |  |  | than your border; great *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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עִבְר֤וּ כַֽלְנֵה֙ וּרְא֔וּ וּלְכ֥וּ מִשָּׁ֖ם חֲמַ֣ת רַבָּ֑ה חֲמַ֣ת רַבָּ֑ה וּרְד֣וּ גַת־פְּלִשְׁתּ֗יםהֲטוֹבִים֙ מִן־הַמַּמְלָכ֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה אִם־רַ֥ב גְּבוּלָ֖ם מִגְּבֻלְכֶֽם׃

[Amos 6:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.6.2/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:AMO:96` of Mova's parse database.

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