--- title: Zephaniah 2:14 (JPS 1917) — And all beasts of every kind shall lie down in the midst of her in h… · tree and pragmatics description: And all beasts of every kind shall lie down in the midst of her in herds; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the capitals thereof; voices shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the posts; for the cedar-work thereof shall be uncovered. 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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 (beasts, pelican, voices, desolation), 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:32 # text = And all beasts of every kind shall lie down in the midst of her in herds; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the capitals thereof; voices shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the posts; for the cedar-work thereof shall be uncovered. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 both both CCONJ CC _ 20 cc:preconj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pelican pelican NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bittern bittern NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 lodge lodge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 capitals capital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 desolation desolation NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 posts post NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 cedar cedar NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 uncovered uncover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | shall | all beasts of every kind | | | the midst of Nineveh | | in herds | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in midst=Location | | 2 | **lodge** | shall | the pelican and the bittern | | | the capitals | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in capital=Location | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | shall | voices | | | the windows | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in window=Location | | 4 | **is** | shall | desolation | | | the posts | | | tree rules | | 5 | **uncover** | shall · passive | | the cedar work | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְרָבְצ֨וּ בְתוֹכָ֤הּ עֲדָרִים֙ כָּל־חַיְתוֹ־ג֔וֹי גַּם־קָאַת֙ גַּם־קִפֹּ֔ד בְּכַפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ יָלִ֑ינוּ ק֠וֹל יְשׁוֹרֵ֤ר בַּֽחַלּוֹן֙ חֹ֣רֶב בַּסַּ֔ף כִּ֥י אַרְזָ֖ה עֵרָֽה׃ [Zephaniah 2:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:32` 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 2:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.31/) - next →: [Zephaniah 2:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.33/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.14/)