--- title: Jeremiah 2:28 (JPS 1917) — Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble; fo… · tree and pragmatics description: Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble; for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. Who acts: you, gods, thy. 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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 (you, gods, thy), 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:53 # text = Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble; for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 18 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 case _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 O o INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ _ 30 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 vocative _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | gods *= god* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **arise** | infinitive | gods *= god* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **save** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | gods *= god* | thee | | | time | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | | thy gods | | | | accord the number of thy cities; Judah *vocative* | tree rules | | 6 | **trouble** | | thy | | | | | | 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} וְאַיֵּ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֔ךְ יָק֕וּמוּ אִם־יוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָ בְּעֵ֣ת רָעָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר עָרֶ֔יךָ הָי֥וּ אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהוּדָֽה׃ס [Jeremiah 2:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.28/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.52/) 2. **Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble; for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:53` 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 2:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.52/) - next →: [Jeremiah 2:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.54/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 2:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.28/)