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title: Jeremiah 5:22 (JPS 1917) — Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting or… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it. Who acts: sand, waves. Jeremiah 5:22 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and th
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# Jeremiah 5:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2

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Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

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**Who acts:** sand, waves · **What happens:** place, not pass, toss, not prevail, roar · **To what, where:** sand, everlasting ordinance, waves

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This is Jeremiah 5:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (sand, waves), 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:159
# text = Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bound	bound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	everlasting	everlasting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ordinance	ordinance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl:relcl	_	_
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
24	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
27	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
28	toss	toss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	_
29	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	28	obj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	35	advmod	_	_
35	prevail	prevail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
37	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	roar	roar	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
42	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
43	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
45	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
46	over	over	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=q, act=assert, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | present · perfect |  | the sand |  |  |  | for the bound of the sea | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **pass** | can | sand | a everlasting ordinance |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Trajectory |
| 3 | **toss** | present | the waves | waves *= wave* |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **prevail** | can | waves *= wave* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **roar** | present | waves *= wave* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **pass** | can | waves *= wave* |  |  | sand |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over it=Location |

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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}

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הַאוֹתִ֨י לֹא־תִירָ֜אוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אִ֤ם מִפָּנַי֙ לֹ֣א תָחִ֔ילוּ אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי חוֹל֙ גְּב֣וּל לַיָּ֔ם חָק־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יַעַבְרֶ֑נְהוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יוּכָ֔לוּ וְהָמ֥וּ גַלָּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ׃

[Jeremiah 5:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.22/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. [Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; Will ye not tremble at My presence?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.158/)
2. **Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.**

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:159` of Mova's parse database.

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