--- title: Jeremiah 43:12 (JPS 1917) — And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives; and he shall fold up the land of Egypt, as a shepherd foldeth up his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. Who acts: I, Egypt, shepherd. 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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 (I, Egypt, shepherd), 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:1161 # text = And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives; and he shall fold up the land of Egypt, as a shepherd foldeth up his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 kindle kindle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 fold fold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 foldeth fold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 50 forth forth ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 thence thence ADV RB _ 49 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **kindle** | future | I | a fire | | the houses of the gods of Egypt | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 2 | **burn** | shall | Egypt | captivity | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **carry away** | infinitive | Egypt *not said here* | captivity | | | | away *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme they=Beneficiary captive=Value | | 4 | **fold up** | shall | Egypt | the land of Egypt | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent land=Patient | | 5 | **fold up** | present | a shepherd | Egypt's garment | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent garment=Patient | | 6 | **go** | shall | Egypt | | | peace | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from thence=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} וְהִצַּ֣תִּי אֵ֗שׁ בְּבָתֵּי֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מִצְרַ֔יִם וּשְׂרָפָ֖ם וְשָׁבָ֑ם וְעָטָה֩ אֶת־אֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם כַּאֲשֶׁר־יַעְטֶ֤ה הָֽרֹעֶה֙ אֶת־בִּגְד֔וֹ וְיָצָ֥א מִשָּׁ֖ם בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ [Jeremiah 43:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.43.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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