--- title: Jeremiah 42:2 (JPS 1917) — and said unto Jeremiah the prophet: 'Let, we pray thee, our supplica… · tree and pragmatics description: and said unto Jeremiah the prophet: 'Let, we pray thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us; Who acts: we, eyes, our. 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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 (we, eyes, our), 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:1129 # text = and said unto Jeremiah the prophet: 'Let, we pray thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 supplication supplication NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 many many NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 51 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 53 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | unto Jeremiah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pray** | present | we | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **accept** | infinitive · passive | | our supplication | | | before thee | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **pray** | infinitive | | | | | | for us; unto the LORD; for all remnant | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for we=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | present · passive | | we | | | | few *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **behold** | present · do-support | thine eyes | us | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus | | 8 | **supplicate** | | our | | | | | | nom supplication «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֗יא תִּפָּל־נָ֤א תְחִנָּתֵ֙נוּ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל בַּעֲדֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּעַ֖ד כָּל־הַשְּׁאֵרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את כִּֽי־נִשְׁאַ֤רְנוּ מְעַט֙ מֵֽהַרְבֵּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עֵינֶ֖יךָ רֹא֥וֹת אֹתָֽנוּ׃ [Jeremiah 42:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1129` 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 42:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1128/) - next →: [Jeremiah 42:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1130/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 42:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.2/)