Zephaniah 2:15 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
This is the joyous city that dwelt without care, that said in her heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me'; how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in!
Who acts: This, joyous city, I, none, Nineveh, beasts · What happens: be, dwell, say, become, lie down · To what, where: joyous city, heart, desolation · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Zephaniah 2:15 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (This, joyous city, I, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 city | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 city | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 city | det |
| 4 | joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 city | amod |
| 5 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 dwelt | nsubj |
| 7 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 city | acl:relcl |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 care | case |
| 9 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dwelt | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 city | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 heart | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 heart | nmod:poss |
| 15 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | obl |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 am | punct |
| 17 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 am | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 am | nsubj |
| 19 | am | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 said | ccomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 is | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 is | cc |
| 22 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 23 is | expl |
| 23 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 am | conj |
| 24 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 23 is | nsubj |
| 25 | else | else | ADV | _ | 24 none | advmod |
| 26 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 27 me | case |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 is | obl |
| 28 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 am | punct |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 become | punct |
| 30 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 become | advmod |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 become | aux |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 become | nsubj |
| 33 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 city | parataxis |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 desolation | det |
| 35 | desolation | desolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 become | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 place | punct |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 place | det |
| 38 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 desolation | appos |
| 39 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 42 lie | mark |
| 40 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 lie | nsubj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 lie | mark |
| 42 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 place | acl |
| 43 | down | down | ADP | _ | 42 lie | compound:prt |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 lie | obl |
| 45 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 33 become | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed polarity=neg
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | This | the joyous city | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dwell | past | the joyous city | without care | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the joyous city | Nineveh's heart | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | be | present | I | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | be | present | none | there | beside me | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside i=Location | |||
| 6 | become | present · passive | Nineveh | a desolation | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | lie down | to-infinitive | beasts | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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
זֹ֞֠אתהָעִ֤יר הָעַלִּיזָה֙ הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָבֶ֔טַח הָאֹֽמְרָה֙ בִּלְבָבָ֔הּ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֣י ע֑וֹד אֵ֣יךְ ׀ הָיְתָ֣ה לְשַׁמָּ֗ה מַרְבֵּץ֙ לַֽחַיָּ֔ה כֹּ֚ל עוֹבֵ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ יִשְׁרֹ֖ק יָנִ֥יעַ יָדֽוֹ׃ס
Zephaniah 2:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- This is the joyous city that dwelt without care, that said in her heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me'; how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in!
- Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:ZEP:33 of Mova's parse database.
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