--- title: Jeremiah 49:36 (JPS 1917) — And I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the dispersed of Elam shall not come. Who acts: I, nation, dispersed. 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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, nation, dispersed), 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:1327 # text = And I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the dispersed of Elam shall not come. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD _ 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Elam Elam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 scatter scatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 toward toward ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 32 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dispersed disperse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Elam Elam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | future | I | the four winds | | the four quarters of heaven | | against Elam | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wind=Theme against elam=Destination | | 2 | **scatter** | future | I *not said here* | winds *= wind* | | | | toward all winds | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **be** | shall | no nation | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **come** | shall | the dispersed of Elam | | | | | whither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י אֶל־עֵילָ֜ם אַרְבַּ֣ע רוּח֗וֹת מֵֽאַרְבַּע֙ קְצ֣וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְזֵ֣רִתִ֔ים לְכֹ֖ל הָרֻח֣וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה הַגּ֔וֹי אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־יָב֥וֹא שָׁ֖ם נִדְּחֵ֥י עֵילָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 49:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1327` 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 49:35 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1326/) - next →: [Jeremiah 49:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1328/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 49:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.36/)