--- title: Jeremiah 40:11 (JPS 1917) — Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children… · tree and pragmatics description: Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; Who acts: Jews, that, king. 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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 (Jews, that, king), 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:1104 # text = Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; 1 Likewise likewise ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 30 mark _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Edom Edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 48 over over ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 Gedaliah Gedaliah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Ahikam Ahikam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Shaphan Shaphan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | all Jews | | | Moab and the children of Ammon and Edom and all countries | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | that | | | all countries | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past | all Jews | | | | | likewise *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect | the king of Babylon | a remnant of Judah | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remnant=Theme | | 5 | **set** | past · perfect | king | Gedaliah | | | | over Jews *= jew* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gedaliah=Theme over they=Destination | 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} וְגַ֣ם כָּֽל־הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר־בְּמוֹאָ֣ב ׀ וּבִבְנֵֽי־עַמּ֨וֹן וּבֶאֱד֜וֹם וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּכָל־הָֽאֲרָצוֹת֙ שָֽׁמְע֔וּ כִּֽי־נָתַ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל שְׁאֵרִ֖ית לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְכִי֙ הִפְקִ֣יד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָ֥ם בֶּן־שָׁפָֽן׃ [Jeremiah 40:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.40.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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