--- title: Zephaniah 3:13 (JPS 1917) — The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither… · tree and pragmatics description: The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Who acts: remnant, lies, none. 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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 (remnant, lies, none), 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:47 # text = The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 11 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 deceitful deceitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | shall | the remnant of Israel | iniquity | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Eventuality | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | the remnant of Israel *not said here* | lies | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | shall · passive | | a deceitful tongue | | lies's mouth | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **feed** | shall | lies *= lie* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lie down** | infinitive | lies *= lie* *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | shall | none | lies *= lie* | | | | afraid *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | 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} שְׁאֵרִ֨ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לֹֽא־יַעֲשׂ֤וּ עַוְלָה֙ וְלֹא־יְדַבְּר֣וּ כָזָ֔ב וְלֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֥א בְּפִיהֶ֖ם לְשׁ֣וֹן תַּרְמִ֑ית כִּֽי־הֵ֛מָּה יִרְע֥וּ וְרָבְצ֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃ס [Zephaniah 3:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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