--- title: Jeremiah 2:27 (JPS 1917) — Who say to a stock: 'Thou art my father', and to a stone: 'Thou hast… · tree and pragmatics description: Who say to a stock: 'Thou art my father', and to a stone: 'Thou hast brought us forth', for they have turned their back unto Me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say: 'Arise, and save us.' Who acts: Thou, fathers. 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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 (Thou, fathers), 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:51 # text = Who say to a stock: 'Thou art my father', and to a stone: 'Thou hast brought us forth', for they have turned their back unto Me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say: 'Arise, and save us.' 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 9 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 12 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 19 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 forth forth ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 49 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 55 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | a stock | | | to a stone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to stock=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | | my father | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | present · perfect | Thou | | us | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination | | 4 | **turn** | present · perfect | fathers *= father* | fathers's back and fathers's face | | | | unto Me | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | fathers *= father* | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **arise** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **save** | infinitive | | us | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 8 | **trouble** | | fathers *= father* | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} אֹמְרִ֨ים לָעֵ֜ץ אָ֣בִי אַ֗תָּה וְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ אַ֣תְּ יְלִדְתָּ֔נוּ כִּֽי־פָנ֥וּ אֵלַ֛י עֹ֖רֶף וְלֹ֣א פָנִ֑ים וּבְעֵ֤ת רָֽעָתָם֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ ק֖וּמָה וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ [Jeremiah 2:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:51` 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 2:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.50/) - next →: [Jeremiah 2:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.52/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 2:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.27/)