--- title: Jeremiah 23:36 (JPS 1917) — And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more; for every man's… · tree and pragmatics description: And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden; and would ye pervert the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God? Who acts: ye, own word, man. 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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 (ye, own word, man), 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:657 # text = And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden; and would ye pervert the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 9 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 no no ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 pervert pervert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 40 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: disagree - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=disagree | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mention** *speech: other* | shall | ye | the burden of the LORD | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent burden=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | shall | every man's own word | LORD's burden | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pervert** | would | ye | the words of the living God of the LORD of hosts | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **burden** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **word** | | every man | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **word** | | | the living God | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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} וּמַשָּׂ֥א יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א תִזְכְּרוּ־ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י הַמַּשָּׂ֗א יִֽהְיֶה֙ לְאִ֣ישׁ דְּבָר֔וֹ וַהֲפַכְתֶּ֗ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַיִּ֔ים יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ [Jeremiah 23:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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