--- title: Jeremiah 51:62 (JPS 1917) — and say: O LORD, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it o… · tree and pragmatics description: and say: O LORD, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. Who acts: you, Thou, none, word. 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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, Thou, none, word), 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:1441 # text = and say: O LORD, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 O o INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 vocative _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 8 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 10 concerning concern ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 23 therein therein ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc:preconj _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 28 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 ever ever NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | Thou | | | | | concern this place; LORD *vocative* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | Thou *not said here* | word | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality | | 4 | **dwell** | shall | none | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | word | | | | | for ever; desolate *property* | tree rules | 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} וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ יְהוָה֙ אַתָּ֨ה דִבַּ֜רְתָּ אֶל־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ לְהַכְרִית֔וֹ לְבִלְתִּ֤י הֱיֽוֹת־בּוֹ֙ יוֹשֵׁ֔ב לְמֵאָדָ֖ם וְעַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה כִּֽי־שִׁמְמ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם תִּֽהְיֶֽה׃ [Jeremiah 51:62: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.62/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1441` 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 51:61 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1440/) - next →: [Jeremiah 51:63 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1442/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 51:62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.62/)