--- title: Jeremiah 51:34 (JPS 1917) — Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed… · tree and pragmatics description: Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath set me down as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath washed me clean. Who acts: Nebuchadrezzar. 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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 (Nebuchadrezzar), 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:1411 # text = Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath set me down as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath washed me clean. 1 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 down down ADV RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 up up ADV RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 maw maw NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 delicacies delicacy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devour** | present · perfect | Nebuchadrezzar | me | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **crush** | present · perfect | Nebuchadrezzar | me | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **set down** | present · perfect | Nebuchadrezzar | me | | | | as a empty vessel | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result | | 4 | **swallow up** | present · perfect | Nebuchadrezzar | me | | | | like a dragon | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **fill** | present · perfect | Nebuchadrezzar | Nebuchadrezzar's maw | | | | with my delicacies | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent maw=Patient with delicacy=Instrument | | 6 | **wash** | present · perfect | Nebuchadrezzar | me | | | | clean *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | 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} אֲכָלַ֣נִי הֲמָמַ֗נִי נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶל֒ הִצִּיגַ֙נִי֙ כְּלִ֣י רִ֔יק בְּלָעַ֙נִי֙ כַּתַּנִּ֔ין מִלָּ֥א כְרֵשׂ֖וֹ מֵֽעֲדָנָ֑י הֱדִיחָֽנִי׃ [Jeremiah 51:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.34/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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