--- title: Jeremiah 13:17 (JPS 1917) — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pr… · tree and pragmatics description: But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eyes shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. Who acts: ye, soul, eyes, your. 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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 (ye, soul, eyes, your), 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:387 # text = But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eyes shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 28 down down ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 because because SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 'S 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | ye | glory | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **weep** | shall | my soul | | | | | for your pride; in secret | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in secret=Theme | | 3 | **weep** | shall | mine eyes | | | | | sore *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **run down** | infinitive | mine eyes *not said here* | | | | | with tears | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with tear=Material | | 5 | **carry away** | present · passive | | the LORD's flock | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **pride** | | your | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָע֔וּהָ בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע וְתֵרַ֤ד עֵינִי֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה עֵ֥דֶר יְהוָֽה׃ס [Jeremiah 13:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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