--- title: Jeremiah 42:16 (JPS 1917) — then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall ove… · tree and pragmatics description: then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. Who acts: remnant, ye, sword, famine. 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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 (remnant, ye, sword, famine), 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:1143 # text = then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 37 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 46 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character, act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | remnant | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | remnant *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fear** | present | ye | the sword | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 4 | **overtake** | shall | the sword | you | | the land of Egypt; there | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | ye | | | | | afraid, whereof *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **follow** | shall | the famine | | | Egypt; there | after you | hard *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in egypt=Trajectory | | 7 | **die** | shall | ye | | | there | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וְהָיְתָ֣ה הַחֶ֗רֶב אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתֶּם֙ יְרֵאִ֣ים מִמֶּ֔נָּה שָׁ֛ם תַּשִּׂ֥יג אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָרָעָ֞ב אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֣ם ׀ דֹּאֲגִ֣ים מִמֶּ֗נּוּ שָׁ֣ם יִדְבַּ֧ק אַחֲרֵיכֶ֛ם מִצְרַ֖יִם וְשָׁ֥ם תָּמֻֽתוּ׃ [Jeremiah 42:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1143` 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 42:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1142/) - next →: [Jeremiah 42:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1144/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 42:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.16/)