--- title: Jeremiah 50:14 (JPS 1917) — Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that ben… · tree and pragmatics description: Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows; for she hath sinned against the LORD. Who acts: you, 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 (you, 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:1344 # text = Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows; for she hath sinned against the LORD. 1 Set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 array array NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 round round ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 vocative _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 bend bend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 spare spare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 29 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | imperative | you *not said here* | yourselves | | array | | against Babylon; ye *vocative*; about *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme in array=Destination | | 2 | **bend** | present | | the bow | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent bow=Material | | 3 | **shoot** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | at Babylon | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at she=Destination | | 4 | **spare** | infinitive | you *not said here* | no arrows | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent arrow=Asset | | 5 | **sin** | present · perfect | Babylon | | | | | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | 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} עִרְכ֨וּ עַל־בָּבֶ֤ל ׀ סָבִיב֙ כָּל־דֹּ֣רְכֵי קֶ֔שֶׁת יְד֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יהָ אַֽל־תַּחְמְל֖וּ אֶל־חֵ֑ץ כִּ֥י לַֽיהוָ֖ה חָטָֽאָה׃ [Jeremiah 50:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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