--- title: Hosea 1:4 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto him: 'Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto him: 'Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. Who acts: LORD, I, land. 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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 (LORD, I, land), 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:3 # text = And the LORD said unto him: 'Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 Jezreel Jezreel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 yet yet ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Jezreel Jezreel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Jehu Jehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto land | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **call** | infinitive | | land's name | | | while | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 3 | **visit** | future | I | the blood of Jezreel | | | | upon the house of Jehu | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Co-Agent | | 4 | **cause** | future | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cease** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the kingdom of the house of Israel | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality kingdom=Eventuality | | 6 | **name** | | land | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו קְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יִזְרְעֶ֑אל כִּי־ע֣וֹד מְעַ֗ט וּפָ֨קַדְתִּ֜י אֶת־דְּמֵ֤י יִזְרְעֶאל֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית יֵה֔וּא וְהִ֨שְׁבַּתִּ֔י מַמְלְכ֖וּת בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Hosea 1:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.1.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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