--- title: Jeremiah 21:4 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, that besiege you without the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 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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, weapons, ye), 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:570 # text = Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, that besiege you without the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 28 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Chaldeans chaldean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 besiege besiege VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 without without ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn back** | future | I | the weapons of war | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | the weapons of war | | | your hands | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fight** | present | ye | | | | | against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans; wherewith *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **besiege** | present | the Chaldeans | you | | | | without the walls | tree rules | | 6 | **gather** | future | I | weapons *= weapon* | | | | into the midst of this city | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Patient into midst=Co-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} כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הִנְנִ֣י מֵסֵב֮ אֶת־כְּלֵ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָה֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיֶדְכֶם֒ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתֶּ֜ם נִלְחָמִ֣ים בָּ֗ם אֶת־מֶ֤לֶךְ בָּבֶל֙ וְאֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים הַצָּרִ֣ים עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם מִח֖וּץ לַֽחוֹמָ֑ה וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י אוֹתָ֔ם אֶל־תּ֖וֹךְ הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת׃ [Jeremiah 21:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.21.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:570` 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 21:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.569/) - next →: [Jeremiah 21:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.571/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.21.4/)