--- title: Jeremiah 18:4 (JPS 1917) — And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the… · tree and pragmatics description: And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Who acts: word. 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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 (word), 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:509 # text = And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 2 whensoever whensoever ADV WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 marred mar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 csubj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | word | the vessel | | | | of the clay | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product | | 2 | **mar** | past · passive | | the vessel | | the hand of the potter | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | word | another vessel | potter | | again | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary vessel=Product | | 4 | **seem** | past | word *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | | potter | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | 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} וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת הַכְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃פ [Jeremiah 18:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:509` 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 18:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.508/) - next →: [Jeremiah 18:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.510/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 18:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.4/)