--- title: Jeremiah 39:16 (JPS 1917) — 'Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith the… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day. Who acts: you, LORD, I, My. 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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 (you, LORD, I, My), 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:1090 # text = 'Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Ebed Ebed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 9 melech melech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Ethiopian Ethiopian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Thus thus ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 31 discourse _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 32 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 50 before before ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 obl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Ebed melech | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to melech=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bring** | future | I | My words | | | | upon this city; for evil | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 6 | **accomplish** | shall · passive | | hosts *= host* | | | before thee; day | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «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} הָל֣וֹךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ לְעֶבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְהַכּוּשִׁ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶת־דְּבָרַ֜י אֶל־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֛את לְרָעָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א לְטוֹבָ֑ה וְהָי֥וּ לְפָנֶ֖יךָ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃ [Jeremiah 39:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1090` 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 39:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1089/) - next →: [Jeremiah 39:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1091/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 39:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.16/)