--- title: Zephaniah 2:2 (JPS 1917) — Before the decree bring forth the day when one passeth as the chaff,… · tree and pragmatics description: Before the decree bring forth the day when one passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. Who acts: one, fierce anger, day, 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 (one, fierce anger, day, 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:19 # text = Before the decree bring forth the day when one passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. 1 Before before ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 nsubj _ _ 10 passeth pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 chaff chaff NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 before before SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 'S 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | | | | the decree | day | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before decree=Destination | | 2 | **pass** | present | one | | | | | as the chaff | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | present | the fierce anger of the LORD | | | | | upon you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon you=Location | | 4 | **come** | present | the day of the LORD's anger | | | | | upon you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon you=Location | | 5 | **anger** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **anger** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=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} בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ לֶ֣דֶת חֹ֔ק כְּמֹ֖ץ עָ֣בַר י֑וֹם בְּטֶ֣רֶם ׀ לֹא־יָב֣וֹא עֲלֵיכֶ֗ם חֲרוֹן֙ אַף־יְהוָ֔ה בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ לֹא־יָב֣וֹא עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם י֖וֹם אַף־יְהוָֽה׃ [Zephaniah 2:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:19` 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: [Zephaniah 2:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.18/) - next →: [Zephaniah 2:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.20/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.2/)