--- title: Zephaniah 3:7 (JPS 1917) — I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so… · tree and pragmatics description: I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, despite all that I have visited upon her'; but they betimes corrupted all their doings. Who acts: I, thou, corners. 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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 (I, thou, corners), 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:41 # text = I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, despite all that I have visited upon her'; but they betimes corrupted all their doings. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 5 Surely surely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 7 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 correction correction NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 despite despite ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 visited visit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 betimes betimes ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 corrupted corrupt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fear** | future | thou | Me | | | | surely *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **receive** | future | thou | correction | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correction=Theme | | 4 | **not** **cut off** | shall · passive | | city's dwelling | | | | despite all | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **visit** | present · perfect | I | | | | | upon city | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Co-Agent | | 6 | **corrupt** | past | corners *= corner* | corners's doings | | | | betimes *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent doing=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} אָמַ֜רְתִּי אַךְ־תִּירְאִ֤י אוֹתִי֙ תִּקְחִ֣י מוּסָ֔ר וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֣ת מְעוֹנָ֔הּ כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־פָּקַ֖דְתִּי עָלֶ֑יהָ אָכֵן֙ הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ כֹּ֖ל עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃ [Zephaniah 3:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:41` 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 3:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.40/) - next →: [Zephaniah 3:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.42/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.7/)