--- title: Jeremiah 23:25 (JPS 1917) — I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in My n… · tree and pragmatics description: I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in My name, saying: 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.' Who acts: I, that, prophets, My. Jeremiah 23:25 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.643/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/23/) / [23:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.25/) / JPS 1 # Jeremiah 23:25 · JPS 1917 I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in My name, saying: 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.' **Who acts:** I, that, prophets, My · **What happens:** hear, prophet, say, prophesy, dream, name · **To what, where:** lies, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 23:25 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, that, prophets, My), 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:643 # text = I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in My name, saying: 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.' 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 11 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 dreamed dream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 dreamed dream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **prophet** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the prophets | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **prophesy** | present | the prophets *not said here* | lies | | My name | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the prophets *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **dream** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dream** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: 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} שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־אָֽמְרוּ֙ הַנְּבִאִ֔ים הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים בִּשְׁמִ֛י שֶׁ֖קֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר חָלַ֖מְתִּי חָלָֽמְתִּי׃ [Jeremiah 23:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:643` 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 23:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.642/) - next →: [Jeremiah 23:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.644/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 23:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.25/)