--- title: Jeremiah 49:13 (JPS 1917) — For I have sworn by Myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become… · tree and pragmatics description: For I have sworn by Myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. Who acts: I, LORD, Bozrah, cities. 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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 (I, LORD, Bozrah, cities), 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:1303 # text = For I have sworn by Myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 Bozrah Bozrah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 33 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 perpetual perpetual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 wastes waste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | present · perfect | I | | | | | by Myself | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **become** | shall | Bozrah | a astonishment and a reproach and a waste and a curse | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | shall | all cities | perpetual wastes | | | | | tree rules | 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} כִּ֣י בִ֤י נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־לְשַׁמָּ֧ה לְחֶרְפָּ֛ה לְחֹ֥רֶב וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה בָצְרָ֑ה וְכָל־עָרֶ֥יהָ תִהְיֶ֖ינָה לְחָרְב֥וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 49:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1303` 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 49:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1302/) - next →: [Jeremiah 49:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1304/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 49:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.13/)