--- title: Jeremiah 4:10 (JPS 1917) — Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! surely Thou hast greatly deceived this p… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! surely Thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.' Who acts: I, Thou, Ye, sword. 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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, Thou, Ye, sword), 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:107 # text = Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! surely Thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 6 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 vocative _ _ 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 11 surely surely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 13 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 26 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 reacheth reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **deceive** | present · perfect | Thou | this people and Jerusalem | | | | Lord GOD *vocative*; greatly, surely *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | shall | Ye | peace | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | | 5 | **reach** | present | the sword | | | | | unto the soul | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} וָאֹמַ֞ר אֲהָ֣הּ ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אָכֵן֩ הַשֵּׁ֨א הִשֵּׁ֜אתָ לָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר שָׁל֖וֹם יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְנָגְעָ֥ה חֶ֖רֶב עַד־הַנָּֽפֶשׁ׃ [Jeremiah 4:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:107` 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 4:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.106/) - next →: [Jeremiah 4:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.108/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.10/)