--- title: Jeremiah 20:11 (JPS 1917) — But the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore my persecutor… · tree and pragmatics description: But the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, because they have not prospered, even with an everlasting confusion which shall never be forgotten. Who acts: LORD, persecutors. 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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, persecutors), 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:559 # text = But the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, because they have not prospered, even with an everlasting confusion which shall never be forgotten. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 persecutors persecutor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 stumble stumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 prospered prosper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | with me; as a mighty warrior | tree rules | | 2 | **stumble** | shall | my persecutors | | | | | therefore *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **prevail** | shall | persecutors *= persecutor* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | shall | persecutors *= persecutor* | | | | | ashamed, greatly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **prosper** | present · perfect | persecutors *= persecutor* | | | | | with a everlasting confusion | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **forget** | shall · passive | | a everlasting confusion | | | | | 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} וַֽיהוָ֤ה אוֹתִי֙ כְּגִבּ֣וֹר עָרִ֔יץ עַל־כֵּ֛ן רֹדְפַ֥י יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ וְלֹ֣א יֻכָ֑לוּ בֹּ֤שׁוּ מְאֹד֙ כִּֽי־לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּ כְּלִמַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ [Jeremiah 20:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.20.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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