--- title: Joel 1:12 (JPS 1917) — The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-… · tree and pragmatics description: The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered; for joy is withered away from the sons of men. Who acts: fig tree. 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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), 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:JOL:12 # text = The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered; for joy is withered away from the sons of men. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 languisheth languish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 pomegranate pomegranate NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 16 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 22 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wither** | present · passive | | the vine | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **languish** | present | the fig tree | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wither** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V» | | 4 | **wither away** | present · passive | | joy | | | | from the sons of men; away *property* | 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} הַגֶּ֣פֶן הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה אֻמְלָ֑לָה רִמּ֞וֹן גַּם־תָּמָ֣ר וְתַפּ֗וּחַ כָּל־עֲצֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ יָבֵ֔שׁוּ כִּֽי־הֹבִ֥ישׁ שָׂשׂ֖וֹן מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ס [Joel 1:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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