--- title: Jeremiah 48:10 (JPS 1917) — Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. Who acts: LORD. Jeremiah 48:10 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1244/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/48/) / [48:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.10/) / JPS 1 # Jeremiah 48:10 · JPS 1917 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. **Who acts:** LORD · **What happens:** curse, do, keep back, work · **To what, where:** city, work, sword, blood This is Jeremiah 48:10 · 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 (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:1244 # text = Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. 1 Cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 be be AUX VB _ 1 aux:pass _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 slack slack ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 keepeth keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curse** | infinitive · passive | | city | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present | | the work of the LORD | | | | with a slack hand | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 3 | **curse** | infinitive · passive | | city | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **keep back** | present | | city's sword | | blood | | | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sword=Beneficiary from blood=Eventuality | | 5 | **work** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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} אָר֗וּר עֹשֶׂ֛ה מְלֶ֥אכֶת יְהוָ֖ה רְמִיָּ֑ה וְאָר֕וּר מֹנֵ֥עַ חַרְבּ֖וֹ מִדָּֽם׃ [Jeremiah 48:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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