--- title: Jeremiah 13:7 (JPS 1917) — Then I went to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the plac… · tree and pragmatics description: Then I went to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. Who acts: I, girdle. 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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 (I, girdle), 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:377 # text = Then I went to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Perath Perath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 digged dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 behold behold INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 marred mar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 profitable profitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | I | | | Perath | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to perath=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **dig** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | I *not said here* | the girdle | | the place | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent girdle=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hide** | past · perfect | I | girdle | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **mar** | past · passive | | the girdle | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | girdle | | | | | for nothing; profitable *property* | 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} וָאֵלֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וָאֶחְפֹּ֗ר וָֽאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־טְמַנְתִּ֣יו שָׁ֑מָּה וְהִנֵּה֙ נִשְׁחַ֣ת הָאֵז֔וֹר לֹ֥א יִצְלַ֖ח לַכֹּֽל׃פ [Jeremiah 13:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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