--- title: Jeremiah 17:18 (JPS 1917) — Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; Le… · tree and pragmatics description: Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; Let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. Who acts: you, reins, me. 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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 (you, reins, me), 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:496 # text = Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; Let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 ashamed ashamed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 6 persecute persecute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 ashamed ashamed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 destroy destroy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | reins *= rein* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ashamed** | infinitive · passive | reins *= rein* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **persecute** | present | | me | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ashamed** | infinitive · passive | me *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | reins *= rein* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **dismay** | infinitive · passive | reins *= rein* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 8 | **not** **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **dismay** | infinitive · passive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 10 | **bring** | infinitive | | | | | day | upon reins *= rein* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **destroy** | infinitive | | reins *= rein* | | | | with double destruction | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with destruction=Instrument | 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} יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ רֹדְפַי֙ וְאַל־אֵבֹ֣שָׁה אָ֔נִי יֵחַ֣תּוּ הֵ֔מָּה וְאַל־אֵחַ֖תָּה אָ֑נִי הָבִ֤יא עֲלֵיהֶם֙ י֣וֹם רָעָ֔ה וּמִשְׁנֶ֥ה שִׁבָּר֖וֹן שָׁבְרֵֽם׃ס [Jeremiah 17:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:496` 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 17:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.495/) - next →: [Jeremiah 17:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.497/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 17:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.18/)