--- title: Jeremiah 21:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king o… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; peradventure the LORD will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, that he may go up from us.' Who acts: you, I, Nebuchadrezzar king, LORD. 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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 (you, I, Nebuchadrezzar king, LORD), 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:568 # text = 'Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; peradventure the LORD will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, that he may go up from us.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Inquire inquire VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 20 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 case _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 34 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 42 up up ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for us; peradventure *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | of the LORD | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present | Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon | war | | | | against us | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Product | | 4 | **deal** | future | the LORD | | | | | with us; accord king's wondrous works | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with we=Theme | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go up** | may | king | | | | | from us | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **work** | | king | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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} דְּרָשׁ־נָ֤א בַעֲדֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל נִלְחָ֣ם עָלֵ֑ינוּ אוּלַי֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ כְּכָל־נִפְלְאֹתָ֔יו וְיַעֲלֶ֖ה מֵעָלֵֽינוּ׃ס [Jeremiah 21:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.21.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:568` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Jeremiah 21:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.567/) - next →: [Jeremiah 21:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.569/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.21.2/)