--- title: Jeremiah 8:7 (JPS 1917) — Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the tu… · tree and pragmatics description: Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. Who acts: stork, turtle, people. 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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 (stork, turtle, people), 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:245 # text = Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. 1 Yea yea INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 knoweth know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 22 observe observe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ordinance ordinance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | the stork in the heaven | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **observe** | present | the turtle and the swallow and the crane | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | gerund | turtle | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | My people | the ordinance of the LORD | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ordinance=Stimulus | | 6 | **ordain** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom ordinance «communication 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} גַּם־חֲסִידָ֣ה בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם יָֽדְעָה֙ מֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָ וְתֹ֤ר וְסִיס֙ וְעָג֔וּרשָׁמְר֖וּ אֶת־עֵ֣ת בֹּאָ֑נָה וְעַמִּ֕י לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ אֵ֖ת מִשְׁפַּ֥ט יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 8:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:245` 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 8:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.244/) - next →: [Jeremiah 8:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.246/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.7/)