--- title: Jeremiah 25:29 (JPS 1917) — For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city whereupon My name is call… · tree and pragmatics description: For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city whereupon My name is called, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Who acts: I, ye, My. 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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 (I, ye, My), 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:700 # text = For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city whereupon My name is called, and should ye be utterly unpunished? 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lo lo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 14 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 should should AUX MD _ 24 aux _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 23 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 unpunished unpunished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | present | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | evil | | the city | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent evil=Theme on city=Destination | | 3 | **call** | present · passive | | My name | | | | whereupon *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | should | ye | | | | | unpunished, utterly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} כִּי֩ הִנֵּ֨ה בָעִ֜יר אֲשֶׁ֧ר נִֽקְרָא־שְׁמִ֣י עָלֶ֗יהָ אָֽנֹכִי֙ מֵחֵ֣ל לְהָרַ֔ע וְאַתֶּ֖ם הִנָּקֵ֣ה תִנָּק֑וּ לֹ֣א תִנָּק֔וּ כִּ֣י חֶ֗רֶב אֲנִ֤י קֹרֵא֙ עַל־כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ [Jeremiah 25:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.29/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city whereupon My name is called, and should ye be utterly unpunished?** 2. [Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.701/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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