--- title: Jeremiah 44:3 (JPS 1917) — because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me,… · tree and pragmatics description: because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me, in that they went to offer, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers. Who acts: cities. 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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 (cities), 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:1165 # text = because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me, in that they went to offer, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers. 1 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 provoke provoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 11 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc:preconj _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 appos _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **commit** | present · perfect | cities *= city* | cities's wickedness | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 2 | **provoke** | to-infinitive | cities *= city* *not said here* | Me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 3 | **go** | past | cities *= city* | cities's wickedness *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **offer** | to-infinitive | cities *= city* *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **serve** | to-infinitive | cities *= city* *not said here* | other gods | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute | | 6 | **not** **know** | past | cities *= city* | other gods | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | 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} מִפְּנֵ֣י רָעָתָ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ לְהַכְעִסֵ֔נִי לָלֶ֣כֶת לְקַטֵּ֔ר לַעֲבֹ֖ד לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יְדָע֔וּם הֵ֖מָּה אַתֶּ֥ם וַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ [Jeremiah 44:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.44.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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