--- title: Jeremiah 38:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Thus saith the LORD: He that remaineth in this city shall die by th… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Thus saith the LORD: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live. Who acts: LORD, life, Jeremiah. 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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, life, 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:1044 # text = 'Thus saith the LORD: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live. 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 : _ 3 punct _ _ 7 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 remaineth remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 forth forth ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Chaldeans Chaldeans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 conj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | 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 | **remain** | present | | | | this city | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | | 3 | **die** | shall | LORD | | | | | by the sword; by the famine and the pestilence | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **go** | present | | | | the Chaldeans | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chaldeans=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **live** | shall | LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | shall | LORD's life | | | | | unto Jeremiah; for a prey | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | shall | Jeremiah | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} כֹּה֮ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֒ הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את יָמ֕וּת בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר וְהַיֹּצֵ֤א אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙ וְחָיָ֔ה וְהָיְתָה־לּ֥וֹ נַפְשׁ֛וֹ לְשָׁלָ֖ל וָחָֽי׃ס [Jeremiah 38:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1044` 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 38:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1043/) - next →: [Jeremiah 38:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1045/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 38:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.2/)