--- title: Jeremiah 14:14 (JPS 1917) — Then the LORD said unto me: 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name;… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the LORD said unto me: 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I unto them; they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart. Who acts: LORD, prophets, I, My. 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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 (LORD, prophets, I, 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:416 # text = Then the LORD said unto me: 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I unto them; they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 csubj _ _ 12 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 25 cc _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 29 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 divination divination NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 nought nought NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 deceit deceit NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | then | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **prophesy** | present | the prophets | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lie** | present | | | | My name | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in name=Location | | 4 | **not** **send** | past | I | prophets *= prophet* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **command** | present · perfect | I | prophets *= prophet* | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | unto prophets *= prophet* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **prophesy** | present | prophets *= prophet* | a lying vision and divination and a thing of nought and the deceit of prophets's own heart | | | | unto you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme | | 8 | **lie** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י שֶׁ֚קֶר הַנְּבִאִים֙ נִבְּאִ֣ים בִּשְׁמִ֔י לֹ֤א שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ וְלֹ֣א צִוִּיתִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א דִבַּ֖רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם חֲז֨וֹן שֶׁ֜קֶר וְקֶ֤סֶם וֶֽאֱלִיל֙ וְתַרְמִ֣ית לִבָּ֔ם הֵ֖מָּה מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃ס [Jeremiah 14:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:416` 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 14:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.415/) - next →: [Jeremiah 14:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.417/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 14:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.14/)