--- title: Micah 4:2 (JPS 1917) — And many nations shall go and say: 'Come ye, and let us go up to the… · tree and pragmatics description: And many nations shall go and say: 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths'; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 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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 (many nations, ye, us, Jacob), 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:50 # text = And many nations shall go and say: 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths'; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 39 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 ' 's PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 53 for for SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 54 out out ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 59 forth forth ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 from from ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | shall | many nations | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | many nations *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go up** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | to the mountain of the LORD and the house of the God of Jacob | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | future | Jacob | | us | | | of Jacob's ways | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 7 | **walk** | future | we | | | Jacob's paths | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in path=Trajectory | | 8 | **go** | shall | the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem | | | Zion | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out zion=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **word** | | | the LORD from Jerusalem | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְֽהָלְכ֞וּ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֗ים וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ לְכ֣וּ ׀ וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה אֶל־הַר־יְהוָ֗ה וְאֶל־בֵּית֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ מִדְּרָכָ֔יו וְנֵלְכָ֖ה בְּאֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו כִּ֤י מִצִּיּוֹן֙ תֵּצֵ֣א תוֹרָ֔ה וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה מִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [Micah 4:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.4.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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