--- title: Jeremiah 38:26 (JPS 1917) — then thou shalt say unto them: I presented my supplication before th… · tree and pragmatics description: then thou shalt say unto them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.' Who acts: thou, I, king, me. 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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 (thou, I, king, me), 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:1070 # text = then thou shalt say unto them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.' 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 supplication supplication NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - 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* | shall | thou | | | | then | unto princes *= prince* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **present** | past | I | my supplication | | | before the king | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **cause** | would | king | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | to Jonathan's house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 5 | **die** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | there | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **supplicate** | | my | | | | | | nom supplication «communication transitive»: poss=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} וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מַפִּיל־אֲנִ֥י תְחִנָּתִ֖י לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ לְבִלְתִּ֧י הֲשִׁיבֵ֛נִי בֵּ֥ית יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן לָמ֥וּת שָֽׁם׃פ [Jeremiah 38:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1070` 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 38:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1069/) - next →: [Jeremiah 38:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1071/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 38:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.26/)