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title: Jeremiah 12:16 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people. Who acts: inheritance, spoilers, LORD, My. Jeremiah 12:16 in JPS 1917 with 
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# Jeremiah 12:16 · JPS 1917

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And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people.

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**Who acts:** inheritance, spoilers, LORD, My · **What happens:** come, pass, learn, swear, live, teach · **To what, where:** ways, people, spoilers, midst

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This is Jeremiah 12:16 · JPS 1917 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 (inheritance, spoilers, LORD, My), 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:369
# text = And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	diligently	diligently	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	swear	swear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
24	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	_
25	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	liveth	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
31	even	even	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
32	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
35	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	swear	swear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
39	by	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Baal	Baal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
42	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	46	advmod	_	_
43	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
44	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
47	up	up	ADP	RP	_	46	compound:prt	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | shall | inheritance |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | inheritance *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **learn** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | spoilers *= spoiler* | the ways of My people |  |  |  | diligently *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 4 | **swear** | to-infinitive | spoilers *= spoiler* *not said here* | the ways of My people *not said here* |  |  |  | by My name | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **live** | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | spoilers *= spoiler* |  | My people |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **swear** | to-infinitive | spoilers *= spoiler* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Baal | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **build up** | shall · passive |  | spoilers *= spoiler* |  | the midst of My people | then |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 9 | **name** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְהָיָ֡ה אִם־לָמֹ֣ד יִלְמְדוּ֩ אֶת־דַּֽרְכֵ֨י עַמִּ֜י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ בִּשְׁמִי֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר לִמְּדוּ֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ בַּבָּ֑עַל וְנִבְנ֖וּ בְּת֥וֹךְ עַמִּֽי׃

[Jeremiah 12:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.16/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:369` of Mova's parse database.

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