--- title: Jeremiah 7:31 (JPS 1917) — And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the vall… · tree and pragmatics description: And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into My mind. Who acts: children, high places, I, place. 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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 (children, high places, I, place), 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:233 # text = And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into My mind. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Topheth Topheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 acl:relcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Hinnom Hinnom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 38 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present · perfect | children *= child* | the high places of Topheth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset place=Product | | 2 | **is** | present | the high places of Topheth | | | the valley | | of the son of Hinnom | tree rules | | 3 | **burn** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | children's sons and children's daughters | | the fire | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **command** | past | I | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 5 | **come** | past | place | | | My mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **mind** | | My | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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} וּבָנ֞וּ בָּמ֣וֹת הַתֹּ֗פֶת אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּגֵ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם גֵ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔םגֵ֣יא בֶנ־הִנֹּ֔ם לִשְׂרֹ֛ף אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֖ם בָּאֵ֑שׁ אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א צִוִּ֔יתִי וְלֹ֥א עָלְתָ֖ה עַל־לִבִּֽי׃ס [Jeremiah 7:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.7.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:233` 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 7:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.232/) - next →: [Jeremiah 7:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.234/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 7:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.7.31/)