--- title: Jeremiah 5:19 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say: 'Wherefore hath the LO… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say: 'Wherefore hath the LORD our God done all these things unto us?' then shalt Thou say unto them: 'Like as ye have forsaken Me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.' 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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, LORD, Thou, land), 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:155 # text = And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say: 'Wherefore hath the LORD our God done all these things unto us?' then shalt Thou say unto them: 'Like as ye have forsaken Me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 14 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 29 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 36 Like like SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 forsaken forsake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 41 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 45 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 nsubj _ _ 54 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 55 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 yours yours PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 acl:relcl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | | end | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | the LORD | all things | | | | unto us; wherefore *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | Thou | | | | then | unto things *= thing* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **forsake** | present · perfect | ye | Me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **serve** | participle | ye *not said here* | strange gods | | your land | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent god=Value in land=Location | | 8 | **serve** | shall | ye | strangers | | a land | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stranger=Value in land=Location | | 9 | **not** **is a** | present | a land | yours | | | | | 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} וְהָיָה֙ כִּ֣י תֹאמְר֔וּ תַּ֣חַת מֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֨ה יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ לָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר עֲזַבְתֶּ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ וַתַּעַבְד֞וּ אֱלֹהֵ֤י נֵכָר֙ בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔ם כֵּ֚ן תַּעַבְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א לָכֶֽם׃ס [Jeremiah 5:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:155` 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 5:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.154/) - next →: [Jeremiah 5:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.156/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.19/)