--- title: Jeremiah 17:8 (JPS 1917) — For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth… · tree and pragmatics description: For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but its foliage shall be luxuriant; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Who acts: man, that, heat, foliage. 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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 (man, that, heat, foliage), 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:485 # text = For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but its foliage shall be luxuriant; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:agent _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 spreadeth spread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 28 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 luxuriant luxuriant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 drought drought NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 51 cc _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 52 from from SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 yielding yield VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 54 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | man | | | | | as a tree | tree rules | | 2 | **plant** | participle | | a tree *not said here* | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spread out** | present | that | trust's roots | | | | by the river | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent root=Theme by river=Destination | | 4 | **not** **see** | shall | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** | present | heat | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | shall | trust's foliage | | | | | luxuriant *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** | shall | man *not said here* | | | | year | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **cease** | shall | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **yield** | gerund | man *not said here* | fruit | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fruit=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} וְהָיָ֞ה כְּעֵ֣ץ ׀ שָׁת֣וּל עַל־מַ֗יִם וְעַל־יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַּ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א יִרְאֶה֙ כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣א חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי׃ [Jeremiah 17:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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