--- title: Jeremiah 11:4 (JPS 1917) — which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth… · tree and pragmatics description: which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Hearken to My voice, and do them, according to all which I command you; so shall ye be My people, and I will be your God; Who acts: I, ye. 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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 (I, ye), 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:328 # text = which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Hearken to My voice, and do them, according to all which I command you; so shall ye be My people, and I will be your God; 1 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 obj _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 forth forth ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 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 , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 case _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 50 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 parataxis _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | I | your fathers | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | I | fathers *= father* | | the land of Egypt | | out the iron furnace; forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out land=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hearken** | infinitive | | | | | | to My voice | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | infinitive | | fathers *= father* | | | | accord all | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **command** | present | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | shall | ye | My people and your God | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is a** | future | I | your God | | | | | tree rules | 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} אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֣יתִי אֶת־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֡ם בְּי֣וֹם הוֹצִיאִֽי־אוֹתָ֣ם מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם֩ מִכּ֨וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר שִׁמְע֤וּ בְקוֹלִי֙ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־אֲצַוֶּ֖ה אֶתְכֶ֑ם וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ [Jeremiah 11:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:328` 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 11:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.327/) - next →: [Jeremiah 11:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.329/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.4/)