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title: Jeremiah 39:5 (JPS 1917) — But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedek… · tree and pragmatics
description: But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he gave judgment upon him. Who acts: army, plains, Zedekiah. Jeremiah 39:5 in JPS 
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# Jeremiah 39:5 · JPS 1917

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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he gave judgment upon him.

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**Who acts:** army, plains, Zedekiah · **What happens:** pursue, overtake, take, bring up, give · **To what, where:** Zedekiah, plains, Riblah, judgment

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This is Jeremiah 39:5 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (army, plains, Zedekiah), 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:1079
# text = But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he gave judgment upon him.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Chaldeans	chaldean	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	overtook	overtake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	Zedekiah	Zedekiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Jericho	Jericho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
21	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	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	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	advcl	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	up	up	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	Nebuchadrezzar	Nebuchadrezzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Riblah	Riblah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Hamath	Hamath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
47	judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
48	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | past | the army of the Chaldeans |  |  |  | after Chaldeans *= chaldean* |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after they=Theme |
| 2 | **overtake** | past | the army of the Chaldeans *not said here* | Zedekiah |  | the plains of Jericho |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | past · perfect | plains *= plain* |  | Zedekiah |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
| 4 | **bring up** | past | plains *= plain* | Zedekiah | Riblah in the land of Hamath |  |  | to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 5 | **give** | past | Zedekiah | judgment |  |  |  | upon king | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme |

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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}

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וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ חֵיל־כַּשְׂדִּ֜ים אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם וַיַּשִּׂ֣גוּ אֶת־צִדְקִיָּהוּ֮ בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת יְרֵחוֹ֒ וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ וַֽ֠יַּעֲלֻהוּ אֶל־נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל רִבְלָ֖תָה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֲמָ֑ת וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁפָּטִֽים׃

[Jeremiah 39:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.5/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1079` of Mova's parse database.

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