--- title: Micah 6:16 (JPS 1917) — For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of… · tree and pragmatics description: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee an astonishment, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of My people. Who acts: ye, I, house. 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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, I, house), 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:97 # text = For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee an astonishment, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of My people. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Omri Omri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Ahab Ahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 counsels counsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 37 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present · passive | | the statutes of Omri | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | present | ye | | | statutes's counsels | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in counsel=Trajectory | | 3 | **make** | may | I | thee | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary inhabitant=Product | | 4 | **bear** | shall | ye | the reproach of My people | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproach=Patient | | 5 | **work** | | the house of Ahab | | | | | | nom work «act 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} וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞ר חֻקּ֣וֹת עָמְרִ֗י וְכֹל֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה בֵית־אַחְאָ֔ב וַתֵּלְכ֖וּ בְּמֹֽעֲצוֹתָ֑ם לְמַעַן֩ תִּתִּ֨י אֹתְךָ֜ לְשַׁמָּ֗ה וְיֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ לִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת עַמִּ֖י תִּשָּֽׂאוּ׃פ [Micah 6:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:MIC:97` 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 6:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.96/) - next →: [Micah 7:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.98/) - ↑ back to [Micah 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.16/)