--- title: Jeremiah 12:12 (JPS 1917) — Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come; for the… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come; for the sword of the LORD devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land, no flesh hath peace. Who acts: sword, flesh. 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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 (sword, flesh), 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:365 # text = Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come; for the sword of the LORD devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land, no flesh hath peace. 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 spoilers spoiler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 devoureth devour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 39 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · passive | | the wilderness spoilers | | | | upon all high hills | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **devour** | present | the sword of the LORD | | | | from the one end of the land; to the other end of the land | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | present | no flesh | peace | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | 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} עַֽל־כָּל־שְׁפָיִ֣ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ שֹֽׁדְדִ֔ים כִּ֣י חֶ֤רֶב לַֽיהוָה֙ אֹֽכְלָ֔ה מִקְצֵה־אֶ֖רֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֥ין שָׁל֖וֹם לְכָל־בָּשָֽׂר׃ס [Jeremiah 12:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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