--- title: Jeremiah 13:11 (JPS 1917) — For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused t… · tree and pragmatics description: For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto Me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD, that they might be unto Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not hearken. 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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 (girdle, I, LORD, house), 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:381 # text = For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto Me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD, that they might be unto Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not hearken. 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cleaveth cleave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 loins loin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 csubj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 cleave cleave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 ccomp _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 62 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 66 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cleave** | present | the girdle | | | | | to the loins of a man *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to loin=Result | | 2 | **cause** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cleave** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah | | | | unto Me | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | might | house | | | | | unto Me; for a people and a name and a praise and a glory | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **hearken** | would | house | | | | | | 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} כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יִדְבַּ֨ק הָאֵז֜וֹר אֶל־מָתְנֵי־אִ֗ישׁ כֵּ֣ן הִדְבַּ֣קְתִּי אֵ֠לַי אֶת־כָּל־בֵּ֨ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וְאֶת־כָּל־בֵּ֤ית יְהוּדָה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה לִֽהְי֥וֹת לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וּלְשֵׁ֥ם וְלִתְהִלָּ֖ה וּלְתִפְאָ֑רֶת וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ [Jeremiah 13:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:381` 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 13:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.380/) - next →: [Jeremiah 13:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.382/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 13:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.11/)