--- title: Jeremiah 16:6 (JPS 1917) — Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not… · tree and pragmatics description: Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them; Who acts: great, men. 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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 (great, men), 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:462 # text = Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them; 1 Both both CCONJ CC _ 3 cc:preconj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 great great NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 small small NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc:preconj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lament lament VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 27 cc _ _ 27 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 28 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 32 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | shall | the great and the small | | | | | in this land | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in land=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **bury** | shall · passive | | great | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **lament** | shall | men | | | | | for great | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for they=Attribute | | 4 | **cut** | infinitive | men *not said here* | great | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset themselves=Product | | 5 | **make** | infinitive | men *not said here* | great | | | | bald *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset themselves=Product | 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} וּמֵ֨תוּ גְדֹלִ֧ים וּקְטַנִּ֛ים בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ וְלֹֽא־יִסְפְּד֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד וְלֹ֥א יִקָּרֵ֖חַ לָהֶֽם׃ [Jeremiah 16:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.16.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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