--- title: Joel 2:1 (JPS 1917) — Blow ye the horn in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; le… · tree and pragmatics description: Blow ye the horn in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is at hand; Who acts: ye, inhabitants, day, alarm. 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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 (ye, inhabitants, day, alarm), 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:21 # text = Blow ye the horn in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is at hand; 1 Blow blow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 sound sound VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 tremble tremble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 advcl _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | infinitive | ye | the horn | | | | in Zion | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent horn=Patient in zion=Topic | | 2 | **sound** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | a alarm | | My holy mountain | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alarm=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | all inhabitants of the land | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tremble** | infinitive | all inhabitants of the land *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | present | the day of the LORD | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | alarm | | | hand | | | 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} תִּקְע֨וּ שׁוֹפָ֜ר בְּצִיּ֗וֹן וְהָרִ֙יעוּ֙ בְּהַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֔י יִרְגְּז֕וּ כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־בָ֥א יוֹם־יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֥י קָרֽוֹב׃ [Joel 2:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOL:21` 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: [Joel 1:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.20/) - next →: [Joel 2:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.22/) - ↑ back to [Joel 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.1/)