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title: Jeremiah 2:2 (JPS 1917) — Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I… · tree and pragmatics
description: Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I remember for thee the affection of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Who acts: you, LORD, I, thou. Jeremiah 2:2 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree an
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# Jeremiah 2:2 · JPS 1917

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Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I remember for thee the affection of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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**Who acts:** you, LORD, I, thou, thine · **What happens:** go, cry, say, remember, not sow, love · **To what, where:** ears, affection, wilderness, land, espousals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 2:2 · JPS 1917 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 (you, LORD, I, thou), 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:20
# text = Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I remember for thee the affection of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cry	cry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	obl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	espousals	espousal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
34	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	36	advmod	_	_
35	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nsubj	_	_
36	wentest	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
37	after	after	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
46	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
48	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
49	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl:relcl	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the ears of Jerusalem |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **remember** | present | I | the affection of thy youth |  |  |  | for thee | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent affection=Theme |
| 6 | **go** | past | thou |  |  | the wilderness | after Me | in a land | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wilderness=Location |
| 7 | **not** **sow** | past · passive |  | a land |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **love** |  |  | thine espousals |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **espouse** |  | thine |  |  |  |  |  | nom espousal «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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הָלֹ֡ךְ וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ בְאָזְנֵ֨ייְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה זָכַ֤רְתִּי לָךְ֙ חֶ֣סֶד נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ אַהֲבַ֖ת כְּלוּלֹתָ֑יִךְ לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ אַחֲרַי֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א זְרוּעָֽה׃

[Jeremiah 2:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.2/)

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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:20` of Mova's parse database.

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