--- title: Zephaniah 1:12 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart: 'The LORD will not do good, neither will He do evil.' Who acts: silver, I, men, LORD. 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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 (silver, I, men, LORD), 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:ZEP:11 # text = And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart: 'The LORD will not do good, neither will He do evil.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 15 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 lees lee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ _ 39 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 49 cc _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 50 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | silver | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | silver *not said here* | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **search** | future | I | Jerusalem | | | | with lamps | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent jerusalem=Location | | 4 | **punish** | future | I | the men | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 5 | **settle** | present · passive | | the men | | man's lees | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the men | | | man's heart | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **do** | future | the LORD | good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** | future | LORD | evil | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Eventuality | 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} וְהָיָה֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּנֵּר֑וֹת וּפָקַדְתִּ֣י עַל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַקֹּֽפְאִים֙ עַל־שִׁמְרֵיהֶ֔ם הָאֹֽמְרִים֙ בִּלְבָבָ֔ם לֹֽא־יֵיטִ֥יב יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יָרֵֽעַ׃ [Zephaniah 1:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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