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title: Jeremiah 48:2 (JPS 1917) — The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil aga… · tree and pragmatics
description: The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: 'Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation.' Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee. Who acts: praise, hosts, us, sword. Jeremiah 48:2 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and 
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# Jeremiah 48:2 · JPS 1917

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The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: 'Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation.' Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee.

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**Who acts:** praise, hosts, us, sword · **What happens:** not be, devise, come, let, cut off, be · **To what, where:** evil, Heshbon, us, nation, Thou, silence

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This is Jeremiah 48:2 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (praise, hosts, us, sword), 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:1236
# text = The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: 'Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation.' Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Moab	Moab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	no	no	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Heshbon	Heshbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	devised	devise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
14	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	against	against	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	_
19	Come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
23	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	off	off	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
27	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	cop	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	advcl	_	_
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
32	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
33	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	also	also	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	37	discourse	_	_
37	Madmen	Madmen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	vocative	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
47	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	pursue	pursue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
49	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	48	obj	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert, polarity=neg

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the praise of Moab |  |  |  |  | more *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **devise** | present · perfect | hosts *= host* | evil |  | Heshbon |  | against Heshbon | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Patient |
| 3 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **let** | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **cut off** | infinitive | us *not said here* | Heshbon |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality |
| 6 | **is a** | gerund | us *not said here* | a nation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **bring** | shall · passive |  | Thou |  | silence |  | Madmen *vocative* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to silence=Destination |
| 8 | **pursue** | shall | the sword | thee |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
| 9 | **praise** |  |  | Moab |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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אֵ֣ין עוֹד֮ תְּהִלַּ֣ת מוֹאָב֒ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן חָשְׁב֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ רָעָ֔ה לְכ֖וּ וְנַכְרִיתֶ֣נָּה מִגּ֑וֹי גַּם־מַדְמֵ֣ן תִּדֹּ֔מִּי אַחֲרַ֖יִךְ תֵּ֥לֶךְ חָֽרֶב׃

[Jeremiah 48:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.2/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1236` of Mova's parse database.

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