--- title: Jeremiah 50:9 (JPS 1917) — For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an asse… · tree and pragmatics description: For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her, from thence she shall be taken; their arrows shall be as of a mighty man that maketh childless; none shall return in vain. 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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, nations, arrows, mighty man), 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:1339 # text = For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her, from thence she shall be taken; their arrows shall be as of a mighty man that maketh childless; none shall return in vain. 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lo lo INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 up up ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 30 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 array array NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 thence thence ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 47 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 51 case _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 47 fixed _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 childless childless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 56 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 58 nsubj _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir up** | future | I | | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **cause** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a assembly of great nations from the north country | | | | against Babylon | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location assembly=Theme | | 4 | **set** | shall | nations *= nation* | nations *= nation* | | array | | against Babylon | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in array=Destination | | 5 | **take** | shall · passive | | Babylon | | | | thence *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 6 | **is** | shall | nations's arrows | | | | | as a mighty man | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | present | a mighty man | | | | | childless *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **return** | shall | none | | | vain | | | 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} כִּ֣י הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֡י מֵעִיר֩ וּמַעֲלֶ֨ה עַל־בָּבֶ֜ל קְהַל־גּוֹיִ֤ם גְּדֹלִים֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וְעָ֣רְכוּ לָ֔הּ מִשָּׁ֖ם תִּלָּכֵ֑ד חִצָּיו֙ כְּגִבּ֣וֹר מַשְׁכִּ֔יל לֹ֥א יָשׁ֖וּב רֵיקָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 50:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1339` 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 50:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1338/) - next →: [Jeremiah 50:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1340/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 50:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.9/)