--- title: Micah 6:5 (JPS 1917) — O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what… · tree and pragmatics description: O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD. Who acts: you, Balak king, Balaam, ye. 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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, Balak king, Balaam, ye), 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:84 # text = O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD. 1 O o INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 vocative _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 8 Balak Balak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 devised devise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 16 Balaam Balaam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Beor Beor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Shittim shittim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Gilgal Gilgal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 acts act NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | My people *vocative* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **devise** | past | Balak king of Moab | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Balaam | | king | Shittim unto Gilgal | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent what=Theme he=Eventuality | | 4 | **know** | may | ye | the righteous acts of the LORD | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer act=Stimulus | | 5 | **act** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=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} עַמִּ֗י זְכָר־נָא֙ מַה־יָּעַ֗ץ בָּלָק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֔ב וּמֶה־עָנָ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֑וֹר מִן־הַשִּׁטִּים֙ עַד־הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל לְמַ֕עַן דַּ֖עַת צִדְק֥וֹת יְהוָֽה׃ [Micah 6:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:MIC:84` 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 6:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.83/) - next →: [Micah 6:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.85/) - ↑ back to [Micah 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.5/)