--- title: Jeremiah 17:4 (JPS 1917) — And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire in My nostril, which shall burn for ever. Who acts: thou, I, thee, ye. 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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 (thou, I, thee, ye), 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:481 # text = And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire in My nostril, which shall burn for ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 2 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 discontinue discontinue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 heritage heritage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 iobj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knowest know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 nostril nostril NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 ever ever ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discontinue** | shall | thou | | | thy heritage | | | vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector | | 2 | **give** | past | I | thy heritage | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient that=Theme | | 3 | **cause** | future | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **serve** | to-infinitive | thee *not said here* | thine enemies | | the land | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent enemy=Value in land=Location | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | thou | the land | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 6 | **kindle** | present · perfect | ye | a fire | | My nostril | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 7 | **burn** | shall | a fire | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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} וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה וּבְךָ֙ מִנַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קְדַחְתֶּ֥ם בְּאַפִּ֖י עַד־עוֹלָ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃ס [Jeremiah 17:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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