--- title: Jeremiah 19:9 (JPS 1917) — and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh o… · tree and pragmatics description: and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them. Who acts: I, carcasses, enemies. 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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, carcasses, enemies), 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:541 # text = and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 iobj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 straitness straitness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 40 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 conj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 straiten straiten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | future | I | carcasses *= carcass* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | carcasses *= carcass* *not said here* | the flesh of carcasses's sons and the flesh of carcasses's daughters | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient | | 3 | **eat** | shall | carcasses *= carcass* | the flesh of hand's friend | every one | the siege and the straitness | | | tree rules | | 4 | **seek** | present | | carcasses's life | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 5 | **straiten** | shall | carcasses's enemies | carcasses *= carcass* | | | | wherewith *property* | 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} וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֵת֙ בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֔ם וְאִ֥ישׁ בְּשַׂר־רֵעֵ֖הוּ יֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצִ֧יקוּ לָהֶ֛ם אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י נַפְשָֽׁם׃ [Jeremiah 19:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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