--- title: Joel 2:11 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD uttereth His voice before His army; for His camp is ver… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD uttereth His voice before His army; for His camp is very great, for he is mighty that executeth His word; for great is the day of the LORD and very terrible; and who can abide it? Who acts: LORD, camp, day. 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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, camp, day), 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:31 # text = And the LORD uttereth His voice before His army; for His camp is very great, for he is mighty that executeth His word; for great is the day of the LORD and very terrible; and who can abide it? 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 uttereth utter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 executeth execute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | present | the LORD | LORD's voice | | | before LORD's army | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | LORD's camp | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | LORD | | | | | mighty *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **execute** | present | | LORD's word | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | the day of the LORD | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | the day of the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **abide** | can | | word | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **word** | | LORD | | | | | | nom word «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} וַֽיהוָ֗ה נָתַ֤ן קוֹלוֹ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י חֵיל֔וֹ כִּ֣י רַ֤ב מְאֹד֙ מַחֲנֵ֔הוּ כִּ֥י עָצ֖וּם עֹשֵׂ֣ה דְבָר֑וֹ כִּֽי־גָד֧וֹל יוֹם־יְהוָ֛ה וְנוֹרָ֥א מְאֹ֖ד וּמִ֥י יְכִילֶֽנּוּ׃ [Joel 2:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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