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title: Jeremiah 40:5 (JPS 1917) — Yet he would not go back. — Go back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahik… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yet he would not go back. — Go back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go.' So the captain of the guard gave him an allowanc
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# Jeremiah 40:5 · JPS 1917

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Yet he would not go back. — Go back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go.' So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance and a present, and let him go.

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**Who acts:** Babylon, king, captain · **What happens:** not go back, go back, make, dwell, go, seem · **To what, where:** Gedaliah, governor, son, cities, allowance, Babylon

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This is Jeremiah 40:5 · 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 (Babylon, king, captain), 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:1098
# text = Yet he would not go back. — Go back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go.' So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance and a present, and let him go.
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Gedaliah	Gedaliah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Ahikam	Ahikam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Shaphan	Shaphan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
24	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	30	obj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl:relcl	_	_
31	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
32	over	over	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obl	_	_
42	among	among	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
45	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
46	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
48	wheresoever	wheresoever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	50	advmod	_	_
49	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	expl	_	_
50	seemeth	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	advcl	_	_
51	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	xcomp	_	_
52	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	51	obl	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	csubj	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
57	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
58	So	so	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nsubj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
64	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
65	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	iobj	_	_
66	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	allowance	allowance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
69	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	_
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	conj	_	_
74	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	obj	_	_
75	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	73	xcomp	_	_
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- 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 | **not** **go back** | would | Babylon |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **go back** | infinitive |  |  | Gedaliah |  | then |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to gedaliah=Result |
| 3 | **make** | present · perfect | the king of Babylon | governor | the son of Shaphan | the cities of Judah |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset whom=Beneficiary governor=Product |
| 4 | **dwell** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with Babylon; among the people | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among people=Location |
| 5 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **seem** | present |  | governor |  |  |  | right, wheresoever *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **give** | past | the captain of the guard | a allowance and a present | Babylon |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient allowance=Theme |
| 9 | **let** | infinitive | the captain of the guard *not said here* | Babylon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **go** | infinitive | Babylon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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וְעוֹדֶ֣נּוּ לֹֽא־יָשׁ֗וּב וְשֻׁ֡בָה אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֣ה בֶן־אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן־שָׁפָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ הִפְקִ֨יד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וְשֵׁ֤ב אִתּוֹ֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעָ֔ם א֠וֹ אֶל־כָּל־הַיָּשָׁ֧ר בְּעֵינֶ֛יךָ לָלֶ֖כֶת לֵ֑ךְ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֧וֹ רַב־טַבָּחִ֛ים אֲרֻחָ֥ה וּמַשְׂאֵ֖ת וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃

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