--- title: Jeremiah 36:20 (JPS 1917) — And they went in to the king into the court; but they had deposited… · tree and pragmatics description: And they went in to the king into the court; but they had deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king. Who acts: princes. 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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 (princes), 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:JER:1007 # text = And they went in to the king into the court; but they had deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 deposited deposit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 roll roll NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Elishama Elishama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go in** | past | princes *= prince* | | | the court | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location into court=Destination | | 2 | **deposit** | past · perfect | princes *= prince* | the roll | | the chamber of Elishama | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent roll=Theme in chamber=Destination | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | princes *= prince* | all words | | the ears of the king | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Recipient | 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} וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ חָצֵ֔רָה וְאֶת־הַמְּגִלָּ֣ה הִפְקִ֔דוּ בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖ת אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וַיַּגִּ֙ידוּ֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִֽים׃ [Jeremiah 36:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1007` 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: [Jeremiah 36:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1006/) - next →: [Jeremiah 36:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1008/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 36:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.20/)