--- title: Zephaniah 1:18 (JPS 1917) — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in… · tree and pragmatics description: Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy; for He will make and end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the earth. Who acts: silver, fire, 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, fire, 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:17 # text = Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy; for He will make and end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the earth. 1 Neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 3 cc:preconj _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 6 cc _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 'S 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:agent _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 yea yea INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | man's silver nor man's gold | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | man's silver nor man's gold *not said here* | man | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **devour** | shall · passive | the fire of LORD's jealousy | the whole earth | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 4 | **make** | future | LORD | a terrible end of man and end | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Product | | 5 | **dwell** | present | | | | the earth | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in earth=Location | | 6 | **fire** | | | LORD's jealousy | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | 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} גַּם־כַּסְפָּ֨ם גַּם־זְהָבָ֜ם לֹֽא־יוּכַ֣ל לְהַצִּילָ֗ם בְּיוֹם֙ עֶבְרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה וּבְאֵשׁ֙ קִנְאָת֔וֹ תֵּאָכֵ֖ל כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־כָלָ֤ה אַךְ־נִבְהָלָה֙ יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה אֵ֥ת כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃ס [Zephaniah 1:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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