--- title: Joel 4:16 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD shall roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusale… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD shall roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the LORD will be a refuge unto His people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel. Who acts: LORD, heavens. 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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, heavens), 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:69 # text = And the LORD shall roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the LORD will be a refuge unto His people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 roar roar VERB VB _ 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 utter utter VERB VB _ 5 conj _ _ 11 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 shake shake VERB VB _ 5 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB _ 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 stronghold stronghold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roar** | shall | the LORD | | | Zion | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from zion=Trajectory | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's voice | | Jerusalem | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | | 3 | **shake** | shall | the heavens and the earth | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | future | the LORD | a refuge and a stronghold to the children of Israel | | | | unto LORD's people | 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} וַיהוָ֞ה מִצִּיּ֣וֹן יִשְׁאָ֗ג וּמִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ יִתֵּ֣ן קוֹל֔וֹ וְרָעֲשׁ֖וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיהוָה֙ מַֽחֲסֶ֣ה לְעַמּ֔וֹ וּמָע֖וֹז לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Joel 4:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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