--- title: Habakkuk 3:17 (JPS 1917) — For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in… · tree and pragmatics description: For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; Who acts: fig tree, fruit, labour, fields. 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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 (fig tree, fruit, labour, fields), 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:60 # text = For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 blossom blossom VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 13 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 vines vine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 olive olive NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 stalls stall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 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 | **not** **blossom** | shall | the fig tree | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | shall | fruit | | | the vines | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fail** | shall | the labour of the olive | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **yield** | shall | the fields | no food | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 5 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | the flock | | the fold | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from fold=Initial\_Location | 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} כִּֽי־תְאֵנָ֣ה לֹֽא־תִפְרָ֗ח וְאֵ֤ין יְבוּל֙ בַּגְּפָנִ֔ים כִּחֵשׁ֙ מַעֲשֵׂה־זַ֔יִת וּשְׁדֵמ֖וֹת לֹא־עָ֣שָׂה אֹ֑כֶל גָּזַ֤ר מִמִּכְלָה֙ צֹ֔אן וְאֵ֥ין בָּקָ֖ר בָּרְפָתִֽים׃ [Habakkuk 3:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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