--- title: Jeremiah 6:15 (JPS 1917) — They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination;… · tree and pragmatics description: They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination; yea, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they how to blush; therefore they shall fall among them that fall, at the time that I punish them they shall stumble, saith the LORD. Who acts: Peace, I, LORD. 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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 (Peace, I, LORD), 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:184 # text = They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination; yea, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they how to blush; therefore they shall fall among them that fall, at the time that I punish them they shall stumble, saith the LORD. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 yea yea INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc _ _ 23 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 blush blush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 among among ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 punish punish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 stumble stumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | shall · passive | | Peace | | | | to shame | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 2 | **commit** | present · perfect | Peace | abomination | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abomination=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | Peace | | | | | all, ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | present | Peace | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **blush** | to-infinitive | Peace *not said here* | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fall** | shall | Peace | | | | time | among hosts *= host*; therefore *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among they=Location | | 7 | **fall** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **punish** | present | I | Peace | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 9 | **stumble** | shall | Peace | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} הֹבִ֕ישׁוּ כִּ֥י תוֹעֵבָ֖ה עָשׂ֑וּ גַּם־בּ֣וֹשׁ לֹֽא־יֵב֗וֹשׁוּ גַּם־הַכְלִים֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ לָכֵ֞ן יִפְּל֧וּ בַנֹּפְלִ֛ים בְּעֵת־פְּקַדְתִּ֥ים יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס [Jeremiah 6:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:184` 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 6:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.183/) - next →: [Jeremiah 6:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.185/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.15/)