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title: Jeremiah 41:8 (JPS 1917) — But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael: 'Slay us n… · tree and pragmatics
description: But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael: 'Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.' So he forbore, and slew them not among their brethren. Who acts: that, ten men, we, Nethaniah. Jeremiah 41:8 in JPS 1917 with its depend
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# Jeremiah 41:8 · JPS 1917

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But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael: 'Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.' So he forbore, and slew them not among their brethren.

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**Who acts:** that, ten men, we, Nethaniah · **What happens:** man, find, say, not slay, have, hide · **To what, where:** ten men, us, stores, field, men · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 41:8 · 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 (that, ten men, we, Nethaniah), 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:1117
# text = But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael: 'Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.' So he forbore, and slew them not among their brethren.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	dep	_	_
10	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ishmael	Ishmael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
15	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
18	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
21	stores	store	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
22	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
42	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
43	So	so	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	forbore	forbear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
49	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	48	advmod	_	_
51	among	among	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **man** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | past · passive |  | ten men |  |  |  | among Ishmael | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  | unto Ishmael | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **slay** | infinitive | ten men *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient |
| 5 | **have** | present | we | stores of wheat and barley and oil and honey |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Patient |
| 6 | **hide** | participle |  | stores of wheat and barley and oil and honey *not said here* |  | the field |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location |
| 7 | **forbear** | past | Nethaniah |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **not** **slay** | past | Nethaniah *not said here* | men *= man* |  |  |  | among men's brethren | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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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וַעֲשָׂרָ֨ה אֲנָשִׁ֜ים נִמְצְאוּ־בָ֗ם וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ אַל־תְּמִתֵ֔נוּ כִּֽי־יֶשׁ־לָ֤נוּ מַטְמֹנִים֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה חִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְשֶׁ֣מֶן וּדְבָ֑שׁ וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל וְלֹ֥א הֱמִיתָ֖ם בְּת֥וֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃

[Jeremiah 41:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.41.8/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1117` 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.

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