--- title: Micah 2:8 (JPS 1917) — But of late My people is risen up as an enemy; with the garment ye s… · tree and pragmatics description: But of late My people is risen up as an enemy; with the garment ye strip also the mantle from them that pass by securely, so that they are as men returning from war. Who acts: ye, mantle, people, men. 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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 (ye, mantle, people, men), 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:30 # text = But of late My people is risen up as an enemy; with the garment ye strip also the mantle from them that pass by securely, so that they are as men returning from war. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 4 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 strip strip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 securely securely ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 so so SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 advcl _ _ 34 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise up** | present · passive | | My people | | | | as a enemy | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **strip** | present | ye | the mantle | | | | with the garment; from people | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent mantle=Theme from they=Source | | 3 | **pass** | present | the mantle | | | | | securely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | people | | | | | as men | tree rules | | 5 | **return** | gerund | men *not said here* | | | war | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from war=Initial\_Location | 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} וְאֶתְמ֗וּל עַמִּי֙ לְאוֹיֵ֣ב יְקוֹמֵ֔ם מִמּ֣וּל שַׂלְמָ֔ה אֶ֖דֶר תַּפְשִׁט֑וּן מֵעֹבְרִ֣ים בֶּ֔טַח שׁוּבֵ֖י מִלְחָמָֽה׃ [Micah 2:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:MIC:30` 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: [Micah 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.29/) - next →: [Micah 2:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.31/) - ↑ back to [Micah 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.8/)