--- title: Jeremiah 38:22 (JPS 1917) — Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house sha… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say: Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 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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 (women, familiar friends), 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:1066 # text = Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say: Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 prevailed prevail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ _ 45 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obl _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 mire mire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ _ 60 away away ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 back back ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | all women | | | | in the king of Judah's house | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in king=Location | | 2 | **bring** | shall · passive | | all women | the king of Babylon's princes | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to king=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | that women | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **set on** | present · perfect | Thy familiar friends | thee | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient thou=Result | | 5 | **prevail** | present · perfect | Thy familiar friends *not said here* | | | thee | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over thou=Location | | 6 | **sink** | present · passive | | thy feet | | the mire | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **turn away** | present · passive | | feet *= foot* | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וְהִנֵּ֣ה כָל־הַנָּשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁאֲרוּ֙ בְּבֵ֣ית מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֔ה מוּצָא֕וֹת אֶל־שָׂרֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל וְהֵ֣נָּה אֹמְר֗וֹת הִסִּית֜וּךָ וְיָכְל֤וּ לְךָ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁלֹמֶ֔ךָ הָטְבְּע֥וּ בַבֹּ֛ץ רַגְלֶ֖ךָ נָסֹ֥גוּ אָחֽוֹר׃ [Jeremiah 38:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1066` 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 38:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1065/) - next →: [Jeremiah 38:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1067/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 38:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.22/)