--- title: Jeremiah 19:11 (JPS 1917) — and shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Even so will… · tree and pragmatics description: and shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, for want of room to bury. Who acts: LORD, I, one, men. 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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 (LORD, I, one, men), 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:543 # text = and shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, for want of room to bury. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 Even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 breaketh break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 38 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Topheth Topheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 acl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | | | | | | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **break** | future | I | this people and this city | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient | | 4 | **break** | present | one | a potter's vessel | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vessel=Patient | | 5 | **not** **make** | can · passive | | a potter's vessel | | | again | whole *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **bury** | shall | men *= man* | | | Topheth | | for want of room | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in topheth=Destination | | 7 | **bury** | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **want** | | | room | | | | | nom want «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְאָמַרְתָּ֨אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת כָּ֣כָה אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר אֶת־הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וְאֶת־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁבֹּר֙ אֶת־כְּלִ֣י הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־יוּכַ֥ל לְהֵרָפֵ֖ה ע֑וֹד וּבְתֹ֣פֶת יִקְבְּר֔וּ מֵאֵ֥ין מָק֖וֹם לִקְבּֽוֹר׃ [Jeremiah 19:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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