--- title: Jeremiah 12:4 (JPS 1917) — For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consum… · tree and pragmatics description: For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said: 'He seeth not our end.' Who acts: wickedness, beasts, land. Jeremiah 12:4 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.354/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/12/) / [12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.4/) / JPS 2 # Jeremiah 12:4 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said: 'He seeth not our end.' **Who acts:** wickedness, beasts, land · **What happens:** dwell, consume, say, not see · **To what, where:** beasts, end · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 12:4 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (wickedness, beasts, land), 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:354 # text = For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said: 'He seeth not our end.' 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 therein therein ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 24 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seeth see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | present | the wickedness of herbs | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **consume** | present · passive | | the beasts | | | | for the wickedness of herbs | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | beasts *= beast* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **see** | present | land | our end | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer end=Stimulus | 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} עַד־מָתַי֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְעֵ֥שֶׂב כָּל־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִיבָ֑שׁ מֵרָעַ֣ת יֹֽשְׁבֵי־בָ֗הּ סָפְתָ֤ה בְהֵמוֹת֙ וָע֔וֹף כִּ֣י אָמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א יִרְאֶ֖ה אֶת־אַחֲרִיתֵֽנוּ׃ [Jeremiah 12:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.4/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole field wither?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.353/) 2. **For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said: 'He seeth not our end.'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:354` 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 12:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.353/) - next →: [Jeremiah 12:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.355/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.4/)