--- title: Jeremiah 50:37 (JPS 1917) — A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all… · tree and pragmatics description: A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women; a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed. Who acts: sword, mingled people, boasters. 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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 (sword, mingled people, boasters), 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:1368 # text = A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women; a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a sword | | | | | upon boasters's horses and boasters's chariots and all mingled people | tree rules | | 2 | **mingle** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | all mingled people | | | the midst | | of Babylon | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | shall | boasters *= boaster* | | | | | as women | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | a sword | | | | | upon Babylon's treasures | tree rules | | 6 | **rob** | shall · passive | | boasters *= boaster* | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | 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} חֶ֜רֶב אֶל־סוּסָ֣יו וְאֶל־רִכְבּ֗וֹ וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעֶ֛רֶב אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ וְהָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים חֶ֥רֶב אֶל־אוֹצְרֹתֶ֖יהָ וּבֻזָּֽזוּ׃ [Jeremiah 50:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.37/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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