--- title: Hosea 10:8 (JPS 1917) — The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they sh… · tree and pragmatics description: The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains: 'Cover us', and to the hills: 'Fall on us.' Who acts: thorn. 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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 (thorn), 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:146 # text = The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains: 'Cover us', and to the hills: 'Fall on us.' 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 thistle thistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 altars altar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | shall | the thorn and the thistle | | | thorn's altars | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on altar=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thorn | | | | | to the mountains | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to mountain=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **cover** | infinitive | | | us | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme we=Destination | | 4 | **fall** | infinitive | | | | | | on us | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on we=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} וְנִשְׁמְד֞וּ בָּמ֣וֹת אָ֗וֶן חַטַּאת֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ק֣וֹץ וְדַרְדַּ֔ר יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם וְאָמְר֤וּ לֶֽהָרִים֙ כַּסּ֔וּנוּ וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹת נִפְל֥וּ עָלֵֽינוּ׃ס [Hosea 10:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.8/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [The high places also of Aven shall be destroyed, even the sin of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.145/) 2. **The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains: 'Cover us', and to the hills: 'Fall on us.'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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