--- title: Jeremiah 11:11 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon them,… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto Me, I will not hearken unto them. Who acts: LORD, I, inhabitants. 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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, I, inhabitants), 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:335 # text = Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto Me, I will not hearken unto them. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 26 though though SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** | future | I | evil | | | | upon inhabitants *= inhabitant* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent evil=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | shall | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **escape** | to-infinitive | inhabitants *= inhabitant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | shall | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | | unto Me | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **hearken** | future | I | | | | | unto inhabitants *= inhabitant* | 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} לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא אֲלֵיהֶם֙ רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יוּכְל֖וּ לָצֵ֣את מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְזָעֲק֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א אֶשְׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ [Jeremiah 11:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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