--- title: Micah 7:4 (JPS 1917) — The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a tho… · tree and pragmatics description: The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity. Who acts: best, upright, day, thy. 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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 (best, upright, day, thy), 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:MIC:101 # text = The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 brier brier NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 12 advmod _ _ 12 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 parataxis _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 watchmen watchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 visitation visitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 perplexity perplexity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the best of cluster | | | | | as a brier | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the upright | | | | | than a thorn hedge; bad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | present · passive | the day of thy watchmen | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | shall | | cluster's perplexity | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **visit** | | thy | | | | | | nom visitation «event 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} טוֹבָ֣ם כְּחֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִמְּסוּכָ֑ה י֤וֹם מְצַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ פְּקֻדָּתְךָ֣ בָ֔אָה עַתָּ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה מְבוּכָתָֽם׃ [Micah 7:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.7.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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