--- title: Jeremiah 9:22 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neith… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; Who acts: LORD, wise man, mighty man, rich man. 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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 (LORD, wise man, mighty man, rich 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:293 # text = Thus saith the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 glory glory VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc _ _ 17 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 glory glory VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 might might NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 glory glory VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 riches riches NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed hedge=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **let** | infinitive | | the wise man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **glory** | infinitive | the wise man *not said here* | | | LORD's wisdom | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | the mighty man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **glory** | infinitive | the mighty man *not said here* | | | LORD's might | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **let** | infinitive | | the rich man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **glory** | infinitive | the rich man *not said here* | | | LORD's riches | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֤ל חָכָם֙ בְּחָכְמָת֔וֹ וְאַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל הַגִּבּ֖וֹר בִּגְבֽוּרָת֑וֹ אַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל עָשִׁ֖יר בְּעָשְׁרֽוֹ׃ [Jeremiah 9:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.9.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:293` 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 9:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.292/) - next →: [Jeremiah 9:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.294/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 9:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.9.22/)