--- title: Obadiah 1:14 (JPS 1917) — Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those… · tree and pragmatics description: Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. Who acts: thou. 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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 (thou), 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:OBA:16 # text = Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 1 Neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 5 cc _ _ 2 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 crossway crossway NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 his he PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 escape escape VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc _ _ 20 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 his he PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | should · perfect | thou | | | the crossway | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in crossway=Location | | 2 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | those | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector that=Eventuality | | 3 | **escape** | present | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **deliver up** | should · perfect | thou | those | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 5 | **remain** | past · do-support | | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְאַֽל־תַּעֲמֹד֙ עַל־הַפֶּ֔רֶק לְהַכְרִ֖ית אֶת־פְּלִיטָ֑יו וְאַל־תַּסְגֵּ֥ר שְׂרִידָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם צָרָֽה׃ [Obadiah 1:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:OBA:16` 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: [Obadiah 1:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/OBA.15/) - next →: [Obadiah 1:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/OBA.17/) - ↑ back to [Obadiah 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.14/)