--- title: Jeremiah 20:8 (JPS 1917) — For as often as I speak, I cry out, I cry: 'Violence and spoil'; bec… · tree and pragmatics description: For as often as I speak, I cry out, I cry: 'Violence and spoil'; because the word of the LORD is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day. Who acts: I. 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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), 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:556 # text = For as often as I speak, I cry out, I cry: 'Violence and spoil'; because the word of the LORD is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 9 advcl _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 derision derision NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | present | I | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | I | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | present · passive | | the word of the LORD | | | day | unto me | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication 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} כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י אֲדַבֵּר֙ אֶזְעָ֔ק חָמָ֥ס וָשֹׁ֖ד אֶקְרָ֑א כִּֽי־הָיָ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֥ה לִ֛י לְחֶרְפָּ֥ה וּלְקֶ֖לֶס כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ [Jeremiah 20:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.20.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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