--- title: Jeremiah 52:20 (JPS 1917) — The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were… · tree and pragmatics description: The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of the LORD — the brass of all these vessels was without weight. Who acts: twelve brazen bulls, king Solomon, two pillars. 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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 (twelve brazen bulls, king Solomon, two pillars), 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:1464 # text = The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of the LORD — the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 under under ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bases base NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house 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 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 without without ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 40 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 twelve brazen bulls | | | the bases | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | king Solomon | the twelve brazen bulls | | | | for the house of the LORD | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent which=Product for house=Asset | | 3 | **is** | past | the two pillars and the one sea and the twelve brazen bulls | | | | | without weight | 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} הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים ׀ שְׁנַ֗יִם הַיָּ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְהַבָּקָ֞ר שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ אֲשֶׁר־תַּ֣חַת הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה לֹא־הָיָ֣ה מִשְׁקָ֔ל לִנְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם כָּל־הַכֵּלִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ [Jeremiah 52:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1464` 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 52:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1463/) - next →: [Jeremiah 52:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1465/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 52:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.52.20/)