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title: Jeremiah 17:11 (JPS 1917) — As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought… · tree and pragmatics
description: As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought forth, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end he shall be a fool. Who acts: partridge, man. Jeremiah 17:11 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatic
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# Jeremiah 17:11 · JPS 1917

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As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought forth, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end he shall be a fool.

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**Who acts:** partridge, man · **What happens:** brood over, not bring, be, get, leave · **To what, where:** young, man, riches, midst, fool, end

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This is Jeremiah 17:11 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (partridge, man), 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:488
# text = As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought forth, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end he shall be a fool.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	partridge	partridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	broodeth	brood	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	getteth	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	advmod	_	_
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	parataxis	_	_
36	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
39	at	at	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
43	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
44	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	cop	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brood over** | present | the partridge | young |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **bring** | present · perfect | partridge |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the partridge | man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | present |  | riches |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rich=Stimulus |
| 5 | **leave** | shall | man | riches *= rich* |  | the midst of man's days |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in midst=Location |
| 6 | **is a** | shall | man | a fool |  |  | at man's end |  | tree rules |

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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}

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קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּחֲצִ֤י יָמָיו֙ יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָבָֽל׃

[Jeremiah 17:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.11/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:488` of Mova's parse database.

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