--- title: Jeremiah 23:38 (JPS 1917) — But if ye say: 'The burden of the LORD'; therefore thus saith the LO… · tree and pragmatics description: But if ye say: 'The burden of the LORD'; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word: 'The burden of the LORD', and I have sent unto you, saying: 'Ye shall not say: The burden of the LORD'; Who acts: ye, LORD, I. 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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, LORD, I), 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:659 # text = But if ye say: 'The burden of the LORD'; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word: 'The burden of the LORD', and I have sent unto you, saying: 'Ye shall not say: The burden of the LORD'; 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 thus thus ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 Because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 27 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 41 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 43 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | the burden of the LORD | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent burden=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ye | this word | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | I | | | | | unto you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | shall | Ye | the burden of the LORD | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent burden=Topic | | 7 | **burden** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **burden** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **burden** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom burden «cognition 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} וְאִם־מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָה֮ תֹּאמֵרוּ֒ לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה יַ֧עַן אֲמָרְכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תֹאמְר֖וּ מַשָּׂ֥א יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 23:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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