--- title: Joel 2:23 (JPS 1917) — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God;… · tree and pragmatics description: Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; for He giveth you the former rain in just measure, and He causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, at the first. 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:43 # text = Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; for He giveth you the former rain in just measure, and He causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, at the first. 1 Be be AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 vocative _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 causeth cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 33 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request, form=imp, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | then | ye's children of Zion *vocative*; glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rejoice** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | in the LORD | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **give** | present | LORD | the former rain | you | measure | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient rain=Theme | | 4 | **cause** | present | LORD | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come down** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | the rain and the former rain and the latter rain | | the first | | for you; down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rain=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} וּבְנֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן גִּ֤ילוּ וְשִׂמְחוּ֙ בַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־נָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה לִצְדָקָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹרֶד לָכֶ֗ם גֶּ֛שֶׁם מוֹרֶ֥ה וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ [Joel 2:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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