--- title: Jeremiah 23:28 (JPS 1917) — The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hat… · tree and pragmatics description: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully. Who acts: prophet, heart, Baal, My. 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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 (prophet, heart, Baal, 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:647 # text = The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the prophet | a dream | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | the prophet | heart | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | heart *not said here* | a dream | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dream=Recipient | | 4 | **have** | present | | My word | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | heart | Baal | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | Baal *not said here* | My word | | | | faithfully *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «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} הַנָּבִ֞יא אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֤וֹ חֲלוֹם֙ יְסַפֵּ֣ר חֲל֔וֹם וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר דְּבָרִי֙ אִתּ֔וֹ יְדַבֵּ֥ר דְּבָרִ֖י אֱמֶ֑ת מַה־לַתֶּ֥בֶן אֶת־הַבָּ֖ר נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 23:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.28/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully.** 2. [What hath the straw to do with the wheat? saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.648/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:647` 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 23:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.646/) - next →: [Jeremiah 23:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.648/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.28/)