--- title: Jeremiah 18:10 (JPS 1917) — but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then… · tree and pragmatics description: but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it. Who acts: kingdom, I, My. 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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 (kingdom, I, My), 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:516 # text = but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it. 1 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 hearken hearken VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 repent repent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 good good NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 benefit benefit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | kingdom | evil | | My sight | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **hearken** | present | kingdom | | | | | to My voice | tree rules | | 3 | **repent** | present | I | | | | then | of the good | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **benefit** | would | I | kingdom | | | | wherewith *property* | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary | | 6 | **sight** | | My | | | | | | nom sight «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} וְעָשָׂ֤ה הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמֹ֣עַ בְּקוֹלִ֑י וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֖רְתִּי לְהֵיטִ֥יב אוֹתֽוֹ׃ס [Jeremiah 18:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:516` 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 18:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.515/) - next →: [Jeremiah 18:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.517/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 18:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.10/)