--- title: Jeremiah 47:7 (JPS 1917) — How canst thou be quiet? for the LORD hath given it a charge; agains… · tree and pragmatics description: How canst thou be quiet? for the LORD hath given it a charge; against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath He appointed it. Who acts: thou, 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 (thou, 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:1234 # text = How canst thou be quiet? for the LORD hath given it a charge; against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath He appointed it. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Ashkelon Ashkelon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 against against ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ _ 24 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | can | thou | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | a charge | scabbard | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient charge=Theme | | 3 | **appoint** | present · perfect | LORD | scabbard | | there | | against Ashkelon and the sea shore | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} אֵ֣יךְ תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה צִוָּה־לָ֑הּ אֶֽל־אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן וְאֶל־ח֥וֹף הַיָּ֖ם שָׁ֥ם יְעָדָֽהּ׃ס [Jeremiah 47:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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