--- title: Habakkuk 2:1 (JPS 1917) — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look… · tree and pragmatics description: I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look out to see what He will speak by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. Who acts: I, He. 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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, He), 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:HAB:21 # text = I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look out to see what He will speak by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 reproved reprove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **stand** | future | I | | | my watch | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon watch=Location | | 2 | **set** | infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | the tower | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme upon tower=Destination | | 3 | **look out** | future | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | future | He | | | | | by me | tree rules | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | shall | I | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **reprove** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} עַל־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣י אֶעֱמֹ֔דָה וְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה עַל־מָצ֑וֹר וַאֲצַפֶּ֗ה לִרְאוֹת֙ מַה־יְדַבֶּר־בִּ֔י וּמָ֥ה אָשִׁ֖יב עַל־תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃ [Habakkuk 2:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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