--- title: Hosea 2:1 (JPS 1917) — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, instead of that which was said unto them: 'Ye are not My people', it shall be said unto them: 'Ye are the children of the living God.' 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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 (number, 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:HOS:10 # text = Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, instead of that which was said unto them: 'Ye are not My people', it shall be said unto them: 'Ye are the children of the living God.' 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 23 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 24 cc _ _ 24 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 36 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 obl _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 44 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 ccomp _ _ 49 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 54 unto unto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 56 : : PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ _ 58 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 nsubj _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 ccomp _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | the number of the children of Israel | | | | | as the sand; of the sea | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **measure** | can · passive | | the sand | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | | 3 | **number** | participle | | | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | shall | number | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | number *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | | | | | unto children *= child* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **not** **is a** | present | Ye | My people | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall · passive | | number | | | | instead that; unto people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 9 | **is a** | present | Ye | the children | | | | of the living God | tree rules | 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} וְֽ֠הָיָה מִסְפַּ֤ר בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יִמַּ֖ד וְלֹ֣א יִסָּפֵ֑ר וְֽ֠הָיָה בִּמְק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יֵאָמֵ֤ר לָהֶם֙ לֹֽא־עַמִּ֣י אַתֶּ֔ם יֵאָמֵ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י אֵֽל־חָֽי׃ [Hosea 2:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:HOS:10` 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: [Hosea 1:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.9/) - next →: [Hosea 2:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.11/) - ↑ back to [Hosea 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.1/)