--- title: Jeremiah 19:5 (JPS 1917) — and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fi… · tree and pragmatics description: and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spoke it, neither came it into My mind. Who acts: 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 (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:537 # text = and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spoke it, neither came it into My mind. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 30 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 34 cc _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present · perfect | | the high places of Baal | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset place=Product | | 2 | **burn** | to-infinitive | | ears's sons | | the fire | | for burnt offerings unto Baal | tree rules | | 3 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **command** | past | I | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | I *not said here* | place | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past | | place | | My mind | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | My | | | | | | nom mind «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} וּבָנ֞וּ אֶת־בָּמ֣וֹת הַבַּ֗עַל לִשְׂרֹ֧ף אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֛ם בָּאֵ֖שׁ עֹל֣וֹת לַבָּ֑עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ וְלֹ֣א דִבַּ֔רְתִּי וְלֹ֥א עָלְתָ֖ה עַל־לִבִּֽי׃פ [Jeremiah 19:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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