--- title: Zephaniah 3:5 (JPS 1917) — The LORD who is righteous is in the midst of her, He will not do unr… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD who is righteous is in the midst of her, He will not do unrighteousness; every morning doth He bring His right to light, it faileth not; but the unrighteous knoweth no shame. Who acts: LORD, God, right, unrighteous. 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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 (LORD, God, right, unrighteous), 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:39 # text = The LORD who is righteous is in the midst of her, He will not do unrighteousness; every morning doth He bring His right to light, it faileth not; but the unrighteous knoweth no shame. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 17 unrighteousness unrighteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 24 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 faileth fail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 unrighteous unrighteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knoweth know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 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** | present | the LORD | | | | | righteous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | the midst | | of her *= she* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **do** | future | God | unrighteousness | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unrighteousness=Eventuality | | 4 | **bring** | present · do-support | God | God's right | | light | morning | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent right=Theme to light=Destination | | 5 | **not** **fail** | present | right | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | present | the unrighteous | no shame | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer shame=Stimulus | 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} יְהוָ֤ה צַדִּיק֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ לֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה עַוְלָ֑ה בַּבֹּ֨קֶר בַּבֹּ֜קֶר מִשְׁפָּט֨וֹ יִתֵּ֤ן לָאוֹר֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔ר וְלֹֽא־יוֹדֵ֥עַ עַוָּ֖ל בֹּֽשֶׁת׃ [Zephaniah 3:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:39` 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 3:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.38/) - next →: [Zephaniah 3:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.40/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.5/)