--- title: Jeremiah 39:14 (JPS 1917) — they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and comm… · tree and pragmatics description: they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home; so he dwelt among the people. Who acts: officers, Nebuzaradan. 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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 (officers, Nebuzaradan), 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:1088 # text = they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home; so he dwelt among the people. 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 committed commit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Gedaliah Gedaliah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Ahikam Ahikam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Shaphan Shaphan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 among among ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | officers *= officer* | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | officers *= officer* *not said here* | Jeremiah | | the court of the guard | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent jeremiah=Theme out court=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **commit** | past | officers *= officer* *not said here* | Jeremiah | | | | unto Gedaliah | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | should | Nebuzaradan | Jeremiah | | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **dwell** | past | Nebuzaradan | | | | | among the people | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among people=Location | 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} וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ֩ וַיִּקְח֨וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֜הוּ מֵחֲצַ֣ר הַמַּטָּרָ֗ה וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן־שָׁפָ֔ן לְהוֹצִאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־הַבָּ֑יִת וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּת֥וֹךְ הָעָֽם׃ס [Jeremiah 39:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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