--- title: Jeremiah 25:4 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD hath sent unto you all His servants the prophets, sendi… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD hath sent unto you all His servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often — but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear — Who acts: LORD, ye. 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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 (LORD, ye), 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:675 # text = And the LORD hath sent unto you all His servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often — but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 appos _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 betimes betimes ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 often often ADV RB _ 16 conj _ _ 19 — - PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 27 cc _ _ 27 inclined incline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 — - PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD | LORD's servants | you | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination servant=Theme | | 2 | **send** | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | servants *= servant* | | | | betimes *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **not** **hearken** | present · perfect | ye | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **incline** | participle | ye *not said here* | your ear | | | | | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וְשָׁלַח֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲבָדָ֧יו הַנְּבִאִ֛ים הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְשָׁלֹ֖חַ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־הִטִּיתֶ֥ם אֶֽת־אָזְנְכֶ֖ם לִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃ [Jeremiah 25:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:675` 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 25:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.674/) - next →: [Jeremiah 25:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.676/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.4/)