--- title: Jeremiah 42:6 (JPS 1917) — Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the vo… · tree and pragmatics description: Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we hearken to the voice of the LORD our God.' Who acts: witness, we. 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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 (witness, we), 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:1133 # text = Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we hearken to the voice of the LORD our God.' 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 hearken hearken VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | witness | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | witness | | | | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hearken** | future | we | | | | | to the voice of the LORD | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | present | we | thee | our God | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to whom=Destination | | 5 | **is** | may | witness | | | | | with us; well *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hearken** | present | we | | | | | to the voice of the LORD | tree rules | 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} אִם־ט֣וֹב וְאִם־רָ֔ע בְּק֣וֹל ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֜חְנוּ שֹׁלְחִ֥ים אֹתְךָ֛ אֵלָ֖יו נִשְׁמָ֑ע לְמַ֙עַן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽיטַב־לָ֔נוּ כִּ֣י נִשְׁמַ֔ע בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס [Jeremiah 42:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1133` 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 42:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1132/) - next →: [Jeremiah 42:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1134/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 42:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.6/)