--- title: Obadiah 1:19 (JPS 1917) — And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of t… · tree and pragmatics description: And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the Lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. Who acts: nations, Benjamin. 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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 (nations, Benjamin), 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:21 # text = And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the Lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD _ 7 aux _ _ 7 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Lowland Lowland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Ephraim Ephraim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 40 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | shall | nations *= nation* | the mount of Esau | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mount=Theme | | 2 | **possess** | shall | nations *= nation* | the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot field=Theme | | 3 | **possess** | shall | Benjamin | Gilead | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gilead=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} וְיָרְשׁ֨וּ הַנֶּ֜גֶב אֶת־הַ֣ר עֵשָׂ֗ו וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה֙ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְיָרְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־שְׂדֵ֣ה אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְאֵ֖ת שְׂדֵ֣ה שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וּבִנְיָמִ֖ן אֶת־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ [Obadiah 1:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/OBA.1.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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