--- title: Jeremiah 15:16 (JPS 1917) — Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy words were unto me… · tree and pragmatics description: Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart; because Thy name was called on me, O LORD God of hosts. Who acts: I, words, Thy. 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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 (I, words, Thy), 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:450 # text = Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart; because Thy name was called on me, O LORD God of hosts. 1 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rejoicing rejoicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 O o INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · passive | | Thy words | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **eat** | past · do-support | I | words *= word* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | past | Thy words | a joy and the rejoicing of my heart | | | | unto me | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | past · passive | | Thy name | | | | on me | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **word** | | Thy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **word** | | Thy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **rejoice** | | | my heart | | | | | nom rejoicing «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **name** | | Thy | | | | | | 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} נִמְצְא֤וּ דְבָרֶ֙יךָ֙ וָאֹ֣כְלֵ֔ם וַיְהִ֤י דְבָֽרְךָ֙ לִ֔י לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹן וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣ת לְבָבִ֑י כִּֽי־נִקְרָ֤א שִׁמְךָ֙ עָלַ֔י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י צְבָאֽוֹת׃ס [Jeremiah 15:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:450` 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 15:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.449/) - next →: [Jeremiah 15:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.451/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 15:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.16/)