--- title: Jeremiah 8:14 (JPS 1917) — Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be cut off there; for the LORD our God hath cut us off, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. Who acts: you, us, LORD, we. 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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 (you, us, LORD, we), 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:254 # text = Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be cut off there; for the LORD our God hath cut us off, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. 1 Assemble assemble VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 xcomp _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 gall gall NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 44 against against ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assemble** | imperative | you *not said here* | yourselves | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the fortified cities | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into city=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **fortify** | participle | | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cut off** | infinitive · passive | us *not said here* | | | there | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V» | | 7 | **cut off** | present · perfect | the LORD | us | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector we=Eventuality | | 8 | **give** | participle | the LORD *not said here* | water of gall | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient water=Theme | | 9 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **sin** | present · perfect | we | | | | | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | 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} עַל־מָה֙ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים הֵֽאָסְפ֗וּ וְנָב֛וֹא אֶל־עָרֵ֥י הַמִּבְצָ֖ר וְנִדְּמָה־שָּׁ֑ם כִּי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ הֲדִמָּ֙נוּ֙ וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣נוּ מֵי־רֹ֔אשׁ כִּ֥י חָטָ֖אנוּ לַיהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 8:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.14/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. ['Why do we sit still?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.253/) 2. **Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be cut off there; for the LORD our God hath cut us off, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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