--- title: Jeremiah 37:17 (JPS 1917) — then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him… · tree and pragmatics description: then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said: 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said: 'There is.' He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.' Who acts: Zedekiah, king, word, Jeremiah. 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He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.' **Who acts:** Zedekiah, king, word, Jeremiah · **What happens:** send, fetch, ask, say, be, deliver · **To what, where:** Zedekiah, house, Thou, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 37:17 · JPS 1917 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 (Zedekiah, king, word, Jeremiah), 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:1037 # text = then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said: 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said: 'There is.' He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.' 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Zedekiah Zedekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 25 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 39 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 43 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 45 also also ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 48 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 ccomp _ _ 52 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Zedekiah | | | | then | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fetch** | past | Zedekiah *not said here* | Zedekiah | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king | | Zedekiah | Zedekiah's house | | secretly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** | present | any word from the LORD | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jeremiah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jeremiah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **deliver** | shall · passive | | Thou | | the hand of the king of Babylon | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ וַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ֙ בַּסֵּ֔תֶר וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֲיֵ֥שׁ דָּבָ֖ר מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ יֵ֔שׁ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בְּיַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל תִּנָּתֵֽן׃ס [Jeremiah 37:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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