--- title: Jeremiah 49:2 (JPS 1917) — Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate mound, and her daughters shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel dispossess them that did dispossess him, saith the 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 (days, LORD, I, alarm), 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:1290 # text = Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate mound, and her daughters shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel dispossess them that did dispossess him, saith the LORD. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Rabbah Rabbah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 dispossess dispossess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 55 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 dispossess dispossess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 acl:relcl _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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 days | | | | | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **cause** | future | I | a alarm of war | | | | against Rabbah of the children of Ammon | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | to-infinitive · passive | a alarm of war *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» | | 5 | **become** | shall | alarm | a desolate mound | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **burn** | shall · passive | | Ammon's daughters | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fire=Instrument | | 7 | **dispossess** | shall | Israel | daughters *= daughter* | | | then | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Source | | 8 | **dispossess** | past · do-support | | Israel | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **alarm** | | | war | | | | against Rabbah of the children of Ammon | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: of=patient against=obl | 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} לָכֵ֡ן הִנֵּה֩ יָמִ֨ים בָּאִ֜ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה וְ֠הִשְׁמַעְתִּי אֶל־רַבַּ֨ת בְּנֵי־עַמּ֜וֹן תְּרוּעַ֣ת מִלְחָמָ֗ה וְהָֽיְתָה֙ לְתֵ֣ל שְׁמָמָ֔ה וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ בָּאֵ֣שׁ תִּצַּ֑תְנָה וְיָרַ֧שׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־יֹרְשָׁ֖יו אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 49:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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