--- title: Jeremiah 38:7 (JPS 1917) — Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king'… · tree and pragmatics description: Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Who acts: Ethiopian, Ebed melech, water, king. 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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 (Ethiopian, Ebed melech, water, king), 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:1050 # text = Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 3 Ebed Ebed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ _ 5 melech melech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Ethiopian Ethiopian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 acl:relcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 25 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 acl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 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 | **is** | past | the Ethiopian | | | the king's house | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | Ebed melech | | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **put** | past · perfect | water | Jeremiah | | the pit | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jeremiah=Theme in pit=Destination | | 4 | **sit** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | the gate of Benjamin | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in gate=Location | 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} וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אִ֣ישׁ סָרִ֗יס וְהוּא֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־נָתְנ֥וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ אֶל־הַבּ֑וֹר וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּשַׁ֥עַר בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ [Jeremiah 38:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1050` 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 38:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1049/) - next →: [Jeremiah 38:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1051/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 38:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.7/)