--- title: Jeremiah 41:5 (JPS 1917) — that there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Sama… · tree and pragmatics description: that there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand to bring them to the house of the 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 (certain men, fourscore men, beards), 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:1114 # text = that there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand to bring them to the house of the LORD. 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Shechem Shechem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Shiloh Shiloh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 fourscore fourscore NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 beards beard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 shaven shave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 rent rent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 aux _ _ 31 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 32 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _ 37 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 frankincense frankincense NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | certain men from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | fourscore men *not said here* | men's beards | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shave** | participle | men's beards *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rent** | participle · passive | | men's clothes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **cut** | gerund · perfect | fourscore men *not said here* | men *= man* | | | | with meal offerings and frankincense in men's hand | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient with offering=Instrument | | 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | certain men from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria *not said here* | men *= man* | | the house of the LORD | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to house=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} וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֲ֠נָשִׁים מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם מִשִּׁל֤וֹ וּמִשֹּֽׁמְרוֹן֙ שְׁמֹנִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ מְגֻלְּחֵ֥י זָקָ֛ן וּקְרֻעֵ֥י בְגָדִ֖ים וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים וּמִנְחָ֤ה וּלְבוֹנָה֙ בְּיָדָ֔ם לְהָבִ֖יא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 41:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.41.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1114` 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 41:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1113/) - next →: [Jeremiah 41:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1115/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 41:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.41.5/)