--- title: Jeremiah 49:16 (JPS 1917) — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, even the pride of thy heart, O… · tree and pragmatics description: Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, even the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill; though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, 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 (terribleness, that, thou, I), 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:1306 # text = Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, even the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill; though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 1 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 terribleness terribleness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 O o INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 appos _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 dwellest dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 clefts cleft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 holdest hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 make make VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 37 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obj _ _ 49 down down ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 thence thence ADV RB _ 47 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deceive** | present · perfect | Thy terribleness | thee | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 2 | **dwell** | present | | | | the clefts of the rock | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cleft=Location | | 3 | **hold** | present | that | the height of the hill | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent height=Theme | | 4 | **make** | should | thou | thy nest | | | | high *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | | 5 | **bring down** | future | I | thee | | | | down *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent thou=Theme from thence=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pride** | | | thy heart | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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} תִּֽפְלַצְתְּךָ֞ הִשִּׁ֤יא אֹתָךְ֙ זְד֣וֹן לִבֶּ֔ךָ שֹֽׁכְנִי֙ בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֔לַע תֹּפְשִׂ֖י מְר֣וֹם גִּבְעָ֑ה כִּֽי־תַגְבִּ֤יהַ כַּנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ קִנֶּ֔ךָ מִשָּׁ֥ם אֽוֹרִידְךָ֖ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 49:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1306` 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 49:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1305/) - next →: [Jeremiah 49:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1307/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 49:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.16/)