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title: Jeremiah 17:27 (JPS 1917) — But if ye will not hearken unto Me to hallow the sabbath day, and no… · tree and pragmatics
description: But if ye will not hearken unto Me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. Who acts: ye, I, burden. Jerem
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# Jeremiah 17:27 · JPS 1917

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But if ye will not hearken unto Me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

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**Who acts:** ye, I, burden · **What happens:** not hearken, hallow, not bear, enter, kindle, devour · **To what, where:** burden, gates, fire, palaces

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This is Jeremiah 17:27 · 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 (ye, I, burden), 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:505
# text = But if ye will not hearken unto Me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
7	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	hallow	hallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sabbath	sabbath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
23	in	in	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	sabbath	sabbath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
34	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	37	advmod	_	_
35	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	kindle	kindle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
43	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	devour	devour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	palaces	palace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
55	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj:pass	_	_
56	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
57	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	59	advmod	_	_
58	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	quenched	quench	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	conj	_	_
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hearken** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | ye |  |  |  |  | unto Me | tree rules |
| 2 | **hallow** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **bear** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | a burden |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Patient |
| 4 | **enter** | infinitive | ye *not said here* |  |  | the gates of Jerusalem | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **kindle** | future | I | a fire |  | the gates | then |  | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient |
| 6 | **devour** | shall | burden | the palaces of Jerusalem |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Patient |
| 7 | **not** **quench** | shall · passive |  | burden |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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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וְאִם־לֹ֨א תִשְׁמְע֜וּ אֵלַ֗י לְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וּלְבִלְתִּ֣י ׀ שְׂאֵ֣ת מַשָּׂ֗א וּבֹ֛א בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וְהִצַּ֧תִּי אֵ֣שׁ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יהָ וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃פ

[Jeremiah 17:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.27/)

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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:505` of Mova's parse database.

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