--- title: Jeremiah 42:17 (JPS 1917) — So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egyp… · tree and pragmatics description: So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. Who acts: famine, men, faces, none. 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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 (famine, men, faces, none), 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:1144 # text = So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 sojourn sojourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 42 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | famine | | | | | with all men | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | past | all men | men's faces | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | all men *not said here* | | | Egypt | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into egypt=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sojourn** | to-infinitive | all men *not said here* | | | there | | | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **die** | shall | faces *= face* | | | | | by the sword and the pestilence; by the famine | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **remain** | shall | none | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **escape** | infinitive | none *not said here* | | | the evil | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from evil=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **bring** | future | I | the evil | | | | upon faces *= face* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Theme | 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} וְיִֽהְי֣וּ כָל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֨מוּ אֶת־פְּנֵיהֶ֜ם לָב֤וֹא מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם יָמ֕וּתוּ בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ שָׂרִ֣יד וּפָלִ֔יט מִפְּנֵי֙ הָֽרָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י מֵבִ֥יא עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ס [Jeremiah 42:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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