--- title: Jeremiah 25:12 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it perpetual desolations. Who acts: land, I, LORD. 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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 (land, I, LORD), 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:683 # text = And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it perpetual desolations. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 9 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Chaldeans Chaldeans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 perpetual perpetual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 desolations desolation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 xcomp _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | land | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | land *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **accomplish** | present · passive | | seventy years | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **punish** | future | I | the king of Babylon | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | for nations's iniquity and the land of the Chaldeans | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | future | I | land | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | 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} וְהָיָ֣ה כִמְלֹ֣אות שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֡ה אֶפְקֹ֣ד עַל־מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֩ וְעַל־הַגּ֨וֹי הַה֧וּא נְאֻם־יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־עֲוֺנָ֖ם וְעַל־אֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י אֹת֖וֹ לְשִֽׁמְמ֥וֹת עוֹלָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 25:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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