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title: Jeremiah 24:8 (JPS 1917) — And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely… · tree and pragmatics
description: And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus saith the LORD: So will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt; Who acts: figs, LORD, I, residue. Jeremiah 24:8 in JP
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# Jeremiah 24:8 · JPS 1917

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And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus saith the LORD: So will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt;

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**Who acts:** figs, LORD, I, residue · **What happens:** not eat, be, say, make, remain, dwell · **To what, where:** bad figs, Zedekiah, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 24:8 · 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 (figs, LORD, I, residue), 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:669
# text = And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus saith the LORD: So will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	figs	fig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
18	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	parataxis	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
24	So	so	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	parataxis	_	_
28	Zedekiah	Zedekiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	xcomp	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	residue	residue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
45	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	acl:relcl	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	48	det	_	_
48	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	conj	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
53	dwell	dwell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
59	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | can · passive |  | the bad figs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | figs *= fig* |  |  |  |  | as the bad figs; bad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  | surely, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | future | I | Zedekiah |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zedekiah=Product |
| 5 | **remain** | present | the residue of Jerusalem |  |  | this land |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
| 6 | **dwell** | present |  |  |  | the land of Egypt |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |

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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}

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וְכַתְּאֵנִים֙ הָֽרָע֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹ֑עַ כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה כֵּ֣ן אֶ֠תֵּן אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֤ה וְאֶת־שָׂרָיו֙ וְאֵ֣ת ׀ שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וְהַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:669` of Mova's parse database.

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