--- title: Jeremiah 2:19 (JPS 1917) — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall… · tree and pragmatics description: Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, neither is My fear in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Who acts: own wickedness, backslidings, it, thou. 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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 (own wickedness, backslidings, it, thou), 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:41 # text = Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, neither is My fear in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 1 Thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 correct correct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 backslidings backsliding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 reprove reprove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 16 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 forsaken forsake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | shall | Thine own wickedness | thee | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 2 | **reprove** | shall | thy backslidings | thee | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **know** | infinitive | | | | | | therefore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | present | it | a evil and a bitter thing neither My fear | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **forsake** | present · perfect | thou | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | | My fear | | thee | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD of hosts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} תְּיַסְּרֵ֣ךְ רָעָתֵ֗ךְ וּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ תּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְ וּדְעִ֤י וּרְאִי֙ כִּי־רַ֣ע וָמָ֔ר עָזְבֵ֖ךְ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ וְלֹ֤א פַחְדָּתִי֙ אֵלַ֔יִךְ נְאֻם־אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ [Jeremiah 2:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:41` 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 2:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.40/) - next →: [Jeremiah 2:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.42/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.19/)