--- title: Jeremiah 18:11 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore do thou speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabita… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore do thou speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you; return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings. Who acts: thou, LORD, I, ye. 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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, LORD, I, ye), 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:517 # text = Now therefore do thou speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you; return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Thus thus ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 frame frame VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 30 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 devise devise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 42 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 44 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 one one PRON CD _ 41 obj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 amend amend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · do-support | thou | | | | now | to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; therefore *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **frame** | present | I | evil | | | | against you | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent evil=Destination | | 5 | **devise** | present | I *not said here* | a device | | | | against you | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Patient | | 6 | **return** | infinitive | ye | one | | LORD's evil way | now | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent one=Theme from way=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **amend** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | your ways and your doings | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְעַתָּ֡ה אֱמָר־נָ֣א אֶל־אִישׁ־יְהוּדָה֩ וְעַל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י יוֹצֵ֤ר עֲלֵיכֶם֙ רָעָ֔ה וְחֹשֵׁ֥ב עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑ה שׁ֣וּבוּ נָ֗א אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָֽרָעָ֔ה וְהֵיטִ֥יבוּ דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃ [Jeremiah 18:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:517` 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 18:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.516/) - next →: [Jeremiah 18:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.518/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 18:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.11/)