--- title: Jeremiah 47:4 (JPS 1917) — Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, to cut… · tree and pragmatics description: Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every helper that remaineth; for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor. Who acts: day, helper, LORD. 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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 (day, helper, LORD), 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:1230 # text = Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every helper that remaineth; for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor. 1 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Tyre Tyre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 Zidon Zidon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 remaineth remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Caphtor Caphtor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | the day | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spoil** | to-infinitive | the day *not said here* | all Philistines | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | | every helper | | Tyre and Zidon | day | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent helper=Theme from tyre=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **remain** | present | every helper | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **spoil** | future | the LORD | the Philistines | | | | | tree rules | 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} עַל־הַיּ֗וֹם הַבָּא֙ לִשְׁד֣וֹד אֶת־כָּל־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים לְהַכְרִ֤ית לְצֹר֙ וּלְצִיד֔וֹן כֹּ֖ל שָׂרִ֣יד עֹזֵ֑ר כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים שְׁאֵרִ֖ית אִ֥י כַפְתּֽוֹר׃ [Jeremiah 47:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1230` 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 47:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1229/) - next →: [Jeremiah 47:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1231/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 47:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.4/)