--- title: Zephaniah 3:17 (JPS 1917) — The LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a Mighty One who will save… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a Mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over thee with joy, He will be silent in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.' Who acts: LORD, Mighty One. 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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, Mighty One), 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:51 # text = The LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a Mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over thee with joy, He will be silent in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.' 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Mighty mighty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 One one PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 joy joy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 singing sing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | the midst | | of thee | tree rules | | 2 | **save** | future | a Mighty One | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rejoice** | future | LORD | | | thee | | with joy | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | future | LORD | | | LORD's love | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **joy** | future | LORD | | | thee | | with singing | tree rules | | 6 | **love** | | LORD | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛יִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּ֖ךגִּבּ֣וֹר יוֹשִׁ֑יעַ יָשִׂ֨ישׂ עָלַ֜יִךְ בְּשִׂמְחָ֗ה יַחֲרִישׁ֙ בְּאַ֣הֲבָת֔וֹ יָגִ֥יל עָלַ֖יִךְ בְּרִנָּֽה׃ [Zephaniah 3:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:51` 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 3:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.50/) - next →: [Zephaniah 3:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.52/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.17/)