--- title: Jeremiah 37:7 (JPS 1917) — 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the ki… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto Me to inquire of Me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. Who acts: LORD, ye, king, army. 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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, ye, king, army), 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:1027 # text = 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto Me to inquire of Me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ _ 2 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 Thus thus ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 32 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 forth forth ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | ye | | | | | to the king of Judah; thus *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to king=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **send** | past | the king of Judah | you | | | | unto Me | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the king of Judah *not said here* | | | | | of Me | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of i=Recipient | | 5 | **come** | present · passive | Pharaoh's army | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **help** | to-infinitive | Pharaoh's army *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 7 | **return** | shall | Pharaoh's army | | Egypt | words's own land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to egypt=Initial\_Location into land=Destination | 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} כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֤התֹֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה הַשֹּׁלֵ֧חַ אֶתְכֶ֛ם אֵלַ֖י לְדָרְשֵׁ֑נִי הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ חֵ֣יל פַּרְעֹ֗ה הַיֹּצֵ֤א לָכֶם֙ לְעֶזְרָ֔ה שָׁ֥ב לְאַרְצ֖וֹ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Jeremiah 37:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1027` 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 37:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1026/) - next →: [Jeremiah 37:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1028/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 37:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.7/)