--- title: Jeremiah 42:11 (JPS 1917) — Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not… · tree and pragmatics description: Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD; for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. Who acts: you, ye, LORD, I. 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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 (you, ye, LORD, I), 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:1138 # text = Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD; for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | of the king of Babylon; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | ye | | | | | of the king of Babylon; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | infinitive | | | | | | of Babylon; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | with you; save *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | LORD's hand | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location | 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} אַל־תִּֽירְא֗וּ מִפְּנֵי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם יְרֵאִ֖ים מִפָּנָ֑יו אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־אִתְּכֶ֣ם אָ֔נִי לְהוֹשִׁ֧יעַ אֶתְכֶ֛ם וּלְהַצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ [Jeremiah 42:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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