--- title: Jeremiah 14:16 (JPS 1917) — and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the street… · tree and pragmatics description: and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters; for I will pour their evil upon them.' Who acts: people, I. 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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 (people, I), 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:418 # text = and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters; for I will pour their evil upon them.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 29 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prophesy** | present | people | | | | | to the people | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cast out** | shall · passive | | the people | | the streets of Jerusalem | | because the famine and the sword | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in street=Destination | | 3 | **have** | shall | people | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | | 4 | **bury** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | sword | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **pour** | future | I | sword's evil | | | | upon sword | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Patient | 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} וְהָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣מָּה נִבְּאִ֣ים לָהֶ֡ם יִֽהְי֣וּ מֻשְׁלָכִים֩ בְּחֻצ֨וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם מִפְּנֵ֣י ׀ הָרָעָ֣ב וְהַחֶ֗רֶב וְאֵ֤ין מְקַבֵּר֙ לָהֵ֔מָּה הֵ֣מָּה נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֥י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־רָעָתָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 14:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:418` 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 14:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.417/) - next →: [Jeremiah 14:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.419/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 14:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.16/)