--- title: Joel 2:22 (JPS 1917) — Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilde… · tree and pragmatics description: Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. Who acts: you, ye, pastures, 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 (you, ye, pastures, 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:42 # text = Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 6 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 vocative _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 spring spring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 beareth bear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beast** | | ye | | | | | of the field | tree rules | | 3 | **spring** | present · do-support | the pastures of the wilderness | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bear** | present | the tree | tree's fruit | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 5 | **yield** | present · do-support | the fig tree and the vine | pastures's strength | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | 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} אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ בַּהֲמ֣וֹת שָׂדַ֔י כִּ֥י דָשְׁא֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־עֵץ֙ נָשָׂ֣א פִרְי֔וֹ תְּאֵנָ֥ה וָגֶ֖פֶן נָתְנ֥וּ חֵילָֽם׃ [Joel 2:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOL:42` 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 2:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.41/) - next →: [Joel 2:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.43/) - ↑ back to [Joel 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.22/)