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title: Jeremiah 42:20 (JPS 1917) — For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me… · tree and pragmatics
description: For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying: Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it; Who acts: ye, LORD, we. Jeremiah 42:20 in JPS 1917 with its dependenc
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# Jeremiah 42:20 · JPS 1917

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For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying: Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it;

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**Who acts:** ye, LORD, we · **What happens:** deal, send, say, pray, accord, declare · **To what, where:** me, that, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 42:20 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (ye, LORD, 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:1147
# text = For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying: Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it;
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	dealt	deal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	deceitfully	deceitfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
14	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
23	Pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
26	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
29	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
33	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	case	_	_
34	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	33	fixed	_	_
35	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	42	obl	_	_
36	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	obj	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
39	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
41	shall	shall	AUX	MD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	so	so	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
46	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	will	will	AUX	MD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	conj	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | present · perfect | ye |  |  |  |  | against your own souls; deceitfully *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send** | past | ye | me |  |  |  | unto the LORD | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ye *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **pray** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for us; unto the LORD | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for we=Theme |
| 5 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | the LORD | that |  |  |  | accord all | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
| 7 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | unto us | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **do** | future | we | place |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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}

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כִּ֣י הִתְעֵיתֶם֮בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶם֒ כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֞ם שְׁלַחְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִ֗י אֶל־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל בַּעֲדֵ֔נוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וּכְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֹאמַ֜ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ כֵּ֥ן הַגֶּד־לָ֖נוּ וְעָשִֽׂינוּ׃

[Jeremiah 42:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.20/)

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