--- title: Jeremiah 11:14 (JPS 1917) — Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor pra… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto Me for their trouble.' Who acts: thou, I, cry. 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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 (thou, I, cry), 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:338 # text = Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto Me for their trouble.' 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 pray pray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 10 cc _ _ 10 lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 14 cc _ _ 14 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pray** | infinitive | thou | | | | | for this people; therefore *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for people=Theme | | 2 | **lift up** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | cry nor prayer | | | | for cry | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cry=Theme for they=Beneficiary | | 3 | **not** **hear** | future | I | cry | | | time | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | cry | the time *not said here* | | | | unto Me; for cry's trouble | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Topic | | 5 | **trouble** | | cry | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְאַתָּ֗ה אַל־תִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ בְּעַד־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַל־תִּשָּׂ֥א בַעֲדָ֖ם רִנָּ֣ה וּתְפִלָּ֑ה כִּ֣י אֵינֶ֣נִּי שֹׁמֵ֗עַ בְּעֵ֛ת קָרְאָ֥ם אֵלַ֖י בְּעַ֥ד רָעָתָֽם׃ס [Jeremiah 11:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:338` 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 11:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.337/) - next →: [Jeremiah 11:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.339/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 11:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.14/)