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title: Hosea 13:15 (JPS 1917) — For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, an east wind shall… · tree and pragmatics
description: For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up; he shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels. Who acts: Repentance, east wind, wind, spring. Hosea
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# Hosea 13:15 · JPS 1917

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For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up; he shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.

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**Who acts:** Repentance, east wind, wind, spring · **What happens:** be, come, come up, become, dry up, spoil · **To what, where:** wilderness, fountain, treasure, LORD, precious vessels

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This is Hosea 13:15 · 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 (Repentance, east wind, wind, spring), 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:203
# text = For though he be fruitful among the reed-plants, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up; he shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.
1	For	for	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
2	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	_
10	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	east	east	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	acl	_	_
24	up	up	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
32	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
34	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	xcomp	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	conj	_	_
42	up	up	ADP	RP	_	41	compound:prt	_	_
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	spoil	spoil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	parataxis	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	52	det	_	_
51	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | Repentance |  |  |  |  | among the reed plants; fruitful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | shall | a east wind |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come up** | gerund | the wind of the LORD *not said here* |  |  | the wilderness |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wilderness=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **become** | shall | Repentance's spring |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **dry up** | shall · passive |  | Repentance's fountain |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 6 | **spoil** | shall | Repentance | the treasure of all precious vessels |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **wind** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **treasure** |  |  | all precious vessels |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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כִּ֣י ה֔וּא בֵּ֥ןאַחִ֖ים יַפְרִ֑יא יָב֣וֹא קָדִים֩ ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵב֤וֹשׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנ֔וֹ ה֣וּא יִשְׁסֶ֔ה אוֹצַ֖ר כָּל־כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃

[Hosea 13:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.13.15/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:HOS:203` of Mova's parse database.

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