--- title: Jeremiah 48:38 (JPS 1917) — On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof there i… · tree and pragmatics description: On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. Who acts: lamentation, I, pleasure, 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 (lamentation, I, pleasure, 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:1274 # text = On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 housetops housetop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 12 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 lamentation lamentation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 23 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 28 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | lamentation | | | all housetops of Moab and the broad places; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on housetop=Location | | 2 | **break** | present · perfect | I | Moab | | | | like a vessel | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moab=Patient | | 3 | **be** | present | no pleasure | | | | | wherein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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} עַ֣ל כָּל־גַּגּ֥וֹת מוֹאָ֛ב וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֖יהָ כֻּלֹּ֣ה מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי אֶת־מוֹאָ֗ב כִּכְלִ֛י אֵֽין־חֵ֥פֶץ בּ֖וֹ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 48:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1274` 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 48:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1273/) - next →: [Jeremiah 48:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1275/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 48:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.38/)