--- title: Jeremiah 50:45 (JPS 1917) — Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that He hath taken agains… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that He hath taken against Babylon, and His purposes, that He hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the least of the flock shall drag them away, surely their habitation shall be appalled at them. Who acts: ye, anguish, least. 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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, anguish, least), 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:1376 # text = Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that He hath taken against Babylon, and His purposes, that He hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the least of the flock shall drag them away, surely their habitation shall be appalled at them. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 purposes purpose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 purposed purpose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 against against ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Chaldeans Chaldeans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 32 surely surely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 least least NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 drag drag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 surely surely ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 appalled appall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | infinitive | ye | the counsel of the LORD and anguish's purposes | | | | therefore *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer counsel=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | present · perfect | anguish | the counsel of the LORD and anguish's purposes *not said here* | | | | against Babylon | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme against babylon=Destination | | 3 | **purpose** *speech: other* | present · perfect | anguish | anguish's purposes *not said here* | | | | against the land of the Chaldeans | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic | | 4 | **drag away** | shall | the least of the flock | counsel | | | | away, surely *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **appall** | shall · passive | | counsel's habitation | | | | at counsel; surely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **purpose** | | anguish | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: 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} לָכֵ֞ן שִׁמְע֣וּ עֲצַת־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָעַץ֙ אֶל־בָּבֶ֔ל וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָשַׁ֖ב אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים אִם־לֹ֤א יִסְחָבוּם֙ צְעִירֵ֣י הַצֹּ֔אן אִם־לֹ֥א יַשִּׁ֛ים עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם נָוֶֽה׃ [Jeremiah 50:45: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.45/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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