--- title: Jeremiah 21:9 (JPS 1917) — He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the fami… · tree and pragmatics description: He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and falleth away to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. Who acts: LORD, Chaldeans, life. 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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, Chaldeans, life), 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:575 # text = He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and falleth away to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 abideth abide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 falleth fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Chaldeans Chaldeans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 besiege besiege VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 conj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abide** | present | | | | this city | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | shall | LORD | | | | | by the sword and the famine and the pestilence | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **go out** | present | | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fall away** | present | | | | | | to the Chaldeans; away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **besiege** | present | the Chaldeans | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | shall | LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | shall | LORD's life | | | | | unto Babylon; for a prey | 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} הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את יָמ֕וּת בַּחֶ֖רֶב וּבָרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר וְהַיּוֹצֵא֩ וְנָפַ֨ל עַל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֜ים הַצָּרִ֤ים עֲלֵיכֶם֙ וְחָיָ֔ה וְהָֽיְתָה־לּ֥וֹ נַפְשׁ֖וֹ לְשָׁלָֽל׃ [Jeremiah 21:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.21.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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