--- title: Jeremiah 40:4 (JPS 1917) — If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I… · tree and pragmatics description: If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear; behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and right unto thee to go, thither go. — Who acts: you, I, land. 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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, I, land), 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:1097 # text = If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear; behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and right unto thee to go, thither go. — 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 3 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 expl _ _ 27 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 28 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 csubj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 forbear forbear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 40 behold behold INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 parataxis _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 49 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 expl _ _ 51 seemeth seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ _ 52 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ _ 55 unto unto ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obl _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 csubj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 thither thither ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 63 — — PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you *not said here* | hand | | | | good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | Babylon | | with me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into babylon=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | future | I | | | | | unto thee; well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | | hand | | | | ill *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | Babylon | | with me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into babylon=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **forbear** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | present | all land | | | | before thee | | tree rules | | 9 | **seem** | present | | hand | | | | unto thee; good, whither *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | thither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְעַתָּ֞ה הִנֵּ֧ה פִתַּחְתִּ֣יךָ הַיּ֗וֹם מִֽן־הָאזִקִּים֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־יָדֶךָ֒ אִם־ט֨וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֜יךָ לָב֧וֹא אִתִּ֣י בָבֶ֗ל בֹּ֚א וְאָשִׂ֤ים אֶת־עֵינִי֙ עָלֶ֔יךָ וְאִם־רַ֧ע בְּעֵינֶ֛יךָ לָבֽוֹא־אִתִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל חֲדָ֑ל רְאֵה֙ כָּל־הָאָ֣רֶץ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ אֶל־ט֨וֹב וְאֶל־הַיָּשָׁ֧ר בְּעֵינֶ֛יךָ לָלֶ֥כֶת שָׁ֖מָּה לֵֽךְ׃ [Jeremiah 40:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.4/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which are upon thy hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1096/) 2. **If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear; behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and right unto thee to go, thither go. —** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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