--- title: Jeremiah 47:2 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and sh… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and they shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. 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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 (LORD, waters, city, men), 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:1228 # text = Thus saith the LORD: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and they shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 overflowing overflowing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 overflow overflow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 28 conj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 therein therein ADV RB _ 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 conj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 therein therein ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 wail wail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **rise up** | present | waters | | | the north | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out north=Location | | 3 | **become** | shall | waters *not said here* | a overflowing stream | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **overflow** | shall | waters *= water* | the land and the city | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **dwell** | present | the city | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | shall | the men | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wail** | shall | all inhabitants of the land | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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} כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנֵּה־מַ֜יִם עֹלִ֤ים מִצָּפוֹן֙ וְהָיוּ֙ לְנַ֣חַל שׁוֹטֵ֔ף וְיִשְׁטְפוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ עִ֖יר וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָ֑הּ וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ הָֽאָדָ֔ם וְהֵילִ֕ל כֹּ֖ל יוֹשֵׁ֥ב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Jeremiah 47:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1228` 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 47:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1227/) - next →: [Jeremiah 47:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1229/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 47:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.2/)