--- title: Jeremiah 42:4 (JPS 1917) — Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them: 'I have heard you; behold,… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them: 'I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.' 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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 (Jeremiah, I, prophet, LORD), 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:1131 # text = Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them: 'I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 behold behold INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 case _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 38 whatsoever whatsoever DET WDT PronType=Rel 39 det _ _ 39 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 56 nothing nothing PRON NN Polarity=Neg|PronType=Neg 55 obj _ _ 57 back back ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jeremiah | | | | then | unto way | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 3 | **pray** | future | I | | | | | unto the LORD; accord your words | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | shall | prophet | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pass** | to-infinitive | prophet *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | shall | the LORD | whatsoever thing | you | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme you=Eventuality | | 8 | **declare** *speech: other* | future | I | thing | | | | unto you | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 9 | **keep back** | future | I | nothing | | | | from you | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer nothing=Beneficiary from you=Eventuality | | 10 | **word** | | your | | | | | | nom word «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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם יִרְמְיָ֤הוּ הַנָּבִיא֙ שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי הִנְנִ֧י מִתְפַּלֵּ֛ל אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֑ם וְֽהָיָ֡ה כָּֽל־הַדָּבָר֩ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲנֶ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה אֶתְכֶם֙ אַגִּ֣יד לָכֶ֔ם לֹֽא־אֶמְנַ֥ע מִכֶּ֖ם דָּבָֽר׃ [Jeremiah 42:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1131` 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 42:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1130/) - next →: [Jeremiah 42:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1132/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 42:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.4/)