--- title: Zephaniah 2:5 (JPS 1917) — Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Chereth… · tree and pragmatics description: Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. Who acts: word, I, inhabitant. 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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 (word, I, inhabitant), 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:23 # text = Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 1 Woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ _ 9 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Cherethites Cherethites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 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 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 against against ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 parataxis _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 O o INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ _ 27 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 vocative _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 there there PRON EX _ 44 expl _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 inhabitant inhabitant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the word of the LORD | | | | | against you; Canaan *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **destroy** | future | I | thee | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 3 | **be** | shall | no inhabitant | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication 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} ה֗וֹי יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛י חֶ֥בֶל הַיָּ֖ם גּ֣וֹי כְּרֵתִ֑ים דְּבַר־יְהוָ֣ה עֲלֵיכֶ֗ם כְּנַ֙עַן֙ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךְ מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ [Zephaniah 2:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:23` 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 2:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.22/) - next →: [Zephaniah 2:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.24/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.5/)