--- title: Jeremiah 16:15 (JPS 1917) — but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel fro… · tree and pragmatics description: but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither He had driven them'; and I will bring them back into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Who acts: LORD, 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 (LORD, 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:471 # text = but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither He had driven them'; and I will bring them back into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 1 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 2 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 3 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 4 As as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 28 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=promise, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring up** | past | the LORD | the children of Israel | | the land of the north and all countries | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 3 | **drive** | past · perfect | LORD | children *= child* | | | | whither *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **bring back** | future | I | children *= child* | | children's land | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into land=Destination | | 5 | **give** | past | I | children's land | | | | unto children's fathers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | 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} כִּ֣י אִם־חַי־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱלָ֜ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וּמִכֹּל֙ הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִדִּיחָ֖ם שָׁ֑מָּה וַהֲשִֽׁבֹתִים֙ עַל־אַדְמָתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ס [Jeremiah 16:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.16.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:471` 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 16:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.470/) - next →: [Jeremiah 16:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.472/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 16:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.16.15/)