--- title: Jeremiah 50:2 (JPS 1917) — Declare ye among the nations and announce, and set up a standard; an… · tree and pragmatics description: Declare ye among the nations and announce, and set up a standard; announce, and conceal not; say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.' Who acts: ye, Babylon. 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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 (ye, Babylon), 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:1332 # text = Declare ye among the nations and announce, and set up a standard; announce, and conceal not; say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.' 1 Declare declare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 among among ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 announce announce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 standard standard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 announce announce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 conceal conceal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 Bel Bel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 Merodach Merodach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 images image NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | ye | | | | | among the nations | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **set up** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | a standard | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient standard=Result | | 4 | **announce** *speech: other* | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **conceal** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **take** | present · passive | | Babylon | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 8 | **put** | present · passive | | Bel | | | | to shame | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 9 | **dismay** | present · passive | | Merodach | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 10 | **put** | present · passive | | Babylon's images | | | | to shame | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 11 | **dismay** | present · passive | | Babylon's idols | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 12 | **image** | | Babylon | | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} הַגִּ֨ידוּ בַגּוֹיִ֤ם וְהַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ וּֽשְׂאוּ־נֵ֔ס הַשְׁמִ֖יעוּ אַל־תְּכַחֵ֑דוּ אִמְרוּ֩ נִלְכְּדָ֨ה בָבֶ֜ל הֹבִ֥ישׁ בֵּל֙ חַ֣ת מְרֹדָ֔ךְ הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ עֲצַבֶּ֔יהָ חַ֖תּוּ גִּלּוּלֶֽיהָ׃ [Jeremiah 50:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1332` 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 50:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1331/) - next →: [Jeremiah 50:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1333/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 50:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.2/)