--- title: Jeremiah 38:20 (JPS 1917) — Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I s… · tree and pragmatics description: Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live. Who acts: I, voice, soul. 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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 (I, voice, soul), 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:1064 # text = Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live. 1 Hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beseech beseech VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 well well ADJ RB Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hearken** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **beseech** | present | I | thee | | that | | to the voice of the LORD | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | unto thee | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | shall | voice | | | | | with thee; well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | shall | thy soul | | | | | | 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} וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֹ֣א יִתֵּ֑נוּ שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֣א ׀ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֗ה לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ דֹּבֵ֣ר אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיִ֥יטַב לְךָ֖ וּתְחִ֥י נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ [Jeremiah 38:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.20/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1063/) 2. **Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1064` 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 38:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1063/) - next →: [Jeremiah 38:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1065/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.20/)