--- title: Zephaniah 1:7 (JPS 1917) — Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD; for the day of the L… · tree and pragmatics description: Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD; for the day of the LORD is at hand, for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, He hath consecrated His guests. Who acts: you, day, LORD, thy. 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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 (you, day, LORD, thy), 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:6 # text = Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD; for the day of the LORD is at hand, for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, He hath consecrated His guests. 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 10 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 consecrated consecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 parataxis _ _ 33 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | thy peace | | the presence of the Lord GOD | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent peace=Theme at presence=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | the day of the LORD | | | hand | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** | present · perfect | the LORD | a sacrifice | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Patient | | 4 | **consecrate** | present · perfect | LORD | LORD's guests | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent guest=Result | | 5 | **pacify** | | thy | | | | | | nom peace «state 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} הַ֕ס מִפְּנֵ֖י אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־הֵכִ֧ין יְהוָ֛ה זֶ֖בַח הִקְדִּ֥ישׁ קְרֻאָֽיו׃ [Zephaniah 1:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEP:6` 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 1:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.5/) - next →: [Zephaniah 1:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.7/) - ↑ back to [Zephaniah 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.7/)