--- title: Joel 2:13 (JPS 1917) — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD y… · tree and pragmatics description: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God; for He is gracious and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repenteth Him of the evil. Who acts: you, LORD. 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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 (you, LORD), 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:33 # text = And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God; for He is gracious and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repenteth Him of the evil. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 rend rend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 compassionate compassionate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 28 suffering suffering ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 abundant abundant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 repenteth repent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 37 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rend** | imperative | you *not said here* | your heart and your garments | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 2 | **turn** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | LORD | | | | | gracious *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | LORD *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | LORD *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | LORD *not said here* | | | mercy | | | tree rules | | 7 | **repent** | present | LORD *not said here* | LORD | | | | of the evil | 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} וְקִרְע֤וּ לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְאַל־בִּגְדֵיכֶ֔ם וְשׁ֖וּבוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־חַנּ֤וּן וְרַחוּם֙ ה֔וּא אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֙יִם֙ וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶד וְנִחָ֖ם עַל־הָרָעָֽה׃ [Joel 2:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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