--- title: Jeremiah 44:8 (JPS 1917) — in that ye provoke Me with the works of your hands, offering unto ot… · tree and pragmatics description: in that ye provoke Me with the works of your hands, offering unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? Who acts: ye, hands. 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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 (ye, hands), 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:1170 # text = in that ye provoke Me with the works of your hands, offering unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 1 in in ADP IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 that that SCONJ DT _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 provoke provoke VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 sojourn sojourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 among among ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: none - indirect: yes - hedged: yes - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provoke** | present | ye | Me | | | | with the works of your hands | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 2 | **offer** | gerund | ye *not said here* | | | the land of Egypt | | unto other gods | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | present · passive | ye | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sojourn** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cut off** | may · passive | | ye | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | may | ye | a curse and a reproach among all nations of the earth | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **work** | | your hands | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} לְהַכְעִסֵ֙נִי֙ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְדֵיכֶ֔ם לְקַטֵּ֞ר לֵאלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים לָג֣וּר שָׁ֑ם לְמַ֙עַן֙ הַכְרִ֣ית לָכֶ֔ם וּלְמַ֤עַן הֱיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ לִקְלָלָ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Jeremiah 44:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.44.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1170` 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 44:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1169/) - next →: [Jeremiah 44:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1171/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 44:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.44.8/)