--- title: Zephaniah 2:7 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah, whe… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah, whereon they shall feed; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the LORD their God will remember them, and turn their captivity. Who acts: coast, inhabitants, 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 (coast, inhabitants, 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:25 # text = And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah, whereon they shall feed; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the LORD their God will remember them, and turn their captivity. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 whereon whereon ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ashkelon Ashkelon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is a** | shall | coast | a portion | | | | for the remnant of the house of Judah | tree rules | | 2 | **feed** | shall | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | | whereon *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lie down** | shall | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | the houses of Ashkelon | evening | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | | 4 | **remember** | future | the LORD | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | inhabitants's captivity | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent captivity=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} וְהָ֣יָה חֶ֗בֶל לִשְׁאֵרִ֛ית בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִרְע֑וּן בְּבָתֵּ֣י אַשְׁקְל֗וֹן בָּעֶ֙רֶב֙ יִרְבָּצ֔וּן כִּ֧י יִפְקְדֵ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וְשָׁ֥ב שְׁבִיתָֽם׃ [Zephaniah 2:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:25` 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 2:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.24/) - next →: [Zephaniah 2:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.26/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.7/)