--- title: Jeremiah 52:17 (JPS 1917) — And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the… · tree and pragmatics description: And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. Who acts: pillars, bases. 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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 (pillars, bases), 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:1461 # text = And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 bases basis NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 acl:relcl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Chaldeans chaldean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the pillars of brass and the bases and the brazen sea | | | the house | | of the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the bases and the brazen sea | | | the house | | of the LORD | tree rules | | 3 | **break** | past · do-support | the pillars of brass and the bases and the brazen sea | | | pieces | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Location | | 4 | **carry** | past | the pillars of brass and the bases and the brazen sea *not said here* | all brass of Chaldeans | Babylon | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brass=Theme to babylon=Destination | 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} וְאֶת־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־יְהוָ֗ה וְֽאֶת־הַמְּכֹנ֞וֹת וְאֶת־יָ֧ם הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֖ה שִׁבְּר֣וּ כַשְׂדִּ֑ים וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ אֶת־כָּל־נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם בָּבֶֽלָה׃ [Jeremiah 52:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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