--- title: Jeremiah 2:6 (JPS 1917) — Neither said they: 'Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Neither said they: 'Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt; that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?' 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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 (fathers, LORD, man), 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:24 # text = Neither said they: 'Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt; that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?' 1 Neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 2 cc _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 pits pit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 drought drought NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 through through ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 through through ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 62 advmod _ _ 60 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ _ 61 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 63 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fathers *= father* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring up** | past | the LORD | us | | the land of Egypt | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 4 | **lead** | past | the LORD | us | | the wilderness | | through a land of deserts and pits; through a land of drought and the shadow of death; through a land | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme through wilderness=Destination | | 5 | **pass through** | past | no man | a land | | | | through *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory | | 6 | **dwell** | past | no man | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shadow** | | | death | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְלֹ֣א אָמְר֔וּ אַיֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖נוּ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הַמּוֹלִ֨יךְ אֹתָ֜נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר בְּאֶ֨רֶץ עֲרָבָ֤ה וְשׁוּחָה֙ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ צִיָּ֣ה וְצַלְמָ֔וֶת בְּאֶ֗רֶץ לֹֽא־עָ֤בַר בָּהּ֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹֽא־יָשַׁ֥ב אָדָ֖ם שָֽׁם׃ [Jeremiah 2:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:24` 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 2:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.23/) - next →: [Jeremiah 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.25/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.6/)