--- title: Jeremiah 46:8 (JPS 1917) — Egypt is like the Nile that riseth up, and like the rivers whose wat… · tree and pragmatics description: Egypt is like the Nile that riseth up, and like the rivers whose waters toss themselves; and he saith: 'I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.' Who acts: Egypt, Nile, waters, I. 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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 (Egypt, Nile, waters, I), 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:1205 # text = Egypt is like the Nile that riseth up, and like the rivers whose waters toss themselves; and he saith: 'I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.' 1 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Nile Nile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 riseth rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 14 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 toss toss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Egypt | | | | | like the Nile and the rivers | tree rules | | 2 | **rise up** | present | the Nile and the rivers | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **toss** | present | waters | waters *= water* | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Egypt | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **rise up** | future | I | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cover** | future | I | the earth | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent earth=Destination | | 7 | **destroy** | future | I | the city and the inhabitants | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient | 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} מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹת יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ מָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַֽעֲלֶה֙ אֲכַסֶּה־אֶ֔רֶץ אֹבִ֥ידָה עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃ [Jeremiah 46:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1205` 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 46:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1204/) - next →: [Jeremiah 46:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1206/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 46:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.8/)