--- title: Jeremiah 8:3 (JPS 1917) — And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that r… · tree and pragmatics description: And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. Who acts: residue, 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 (residue, 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:239 # text = And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 8 cc _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 residue residue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | shall · passive | all residue | death | | | | life *obl* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | present | all residue | | | | | of this evil family | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **remain** | present | all residue | | | all places | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 4 | **drive** | present · perfect | I | bones *= bone* | | | | whither *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | 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} וְנִבְחַ֥ר מָ֙וֶת֙ מֵֽחַיִּ֔ים לְכֹ֗ל הַשְּׁאֵרִית֙ הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֔ים מִן־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥ה הָֽרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את בְּכָל־הַמְּקֹמ֤וֹת הַנִּשְׁאָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִדַּחְתִּ֣ים שָׁ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ס [Jeremiah 8:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:239` 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 8:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.238/) - next →: [Jeremiah 8:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.240/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.3/)