--- title: Jeremiah 49:23 (JPS 1917) — Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they… · tree and pragmatics description: Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away; there is trouble in the sea; it cannot be quiet. Who acts: Hamath, wings, trouble. 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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 (Hamath, wings, trouble), 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:1313 # text = Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away; there is trouble in the sea; it cannot be quiet. 1 Hamath Hamath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Arpad Arpad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 12 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Hamath | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | wings *= wing* | evil tidings | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tiding=Stimulus | | 3 | **melt away** | present · passive | | wings *= wing* | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 4 | **be** | present | trouble in the sea | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | can | trouble | | | | | quiet *property* | 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} לְדַמֶּ֗שֶׂק בּ֤וֹשָֽׁה חֲמָת֙ וְאַרְפָּ֔ד כִּי־שְׁמֻעָ֥ה רָעָ֛ה שָׁמְע֖וּ נָמֹ֑גוּ בַּיָּ֣ם דְּאָגָ֔ה הַשְׁקֵ֖ט לֹ֥א יוּכָֽל׃ [Jeremiah 49:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1313` 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 49:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1312/) - next →: [Jeremiah 49:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1314/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 49:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.23/)