--- title: Jeremiah 39:18 (JPS 1917) — For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword… · tree and pragmatics description: For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in Me, saith the LORD.' Who acts: I, thou, life, LORD. 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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, life, LORD), 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:1092 # text = For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in Me, saith the LORD.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 surely surely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 10 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 30 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | future | I | thee | | | | surely *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 2 | **not** **fall** | shall | thou | | | | | by the sword | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | | 3 | **is** | shall | thy life | | | | | for a prey; unto thee | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | present · perfect | thou | thy trust | | | | in Me | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trust=Theme in i=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **trust** | | thy | | | | | in Me | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent in=obl | 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} כִּ֤י מַלֵּט֙ אֲמַלֶּטְךָ֔ וּבַחֶ֖רֶב לֹ֣א תִפֹּ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֨ה לְךָ֤ נַפְשְׁךָ֙ לְשָׁלָ֔ל כִּֽי־בָטַ֥חְתָּ בִּ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס [Jeremiah 39:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1092` 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 39:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1091/) - next →: [Jeremiah 40:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1093/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 39:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.18/)