--- title: Jeremiah 26:12 (JPS 1917) — Then spoke Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, sayi… · tree and pragmatics description: Then spoke Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying: 'The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. Who acts: Jeremiah, LORD, me, 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 (Jeremiah, LORD, me, 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:723 # text = Then spoke Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying: 'The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 prophesy prophesy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 against against ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Jeremiah | | | | then | unto all princes and all people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jeremiah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **send** | past | the LORD | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **prophesy** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | all words | | | | against this house | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | present · perfect | ye | all words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִ֔ים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר יְהוָ֣ה שְׁלָחַ֗נִי לְהִנָּבֵ֞א אֶל־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ וְאֶל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃ [Jeremiah 26:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:723` 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 26:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.722/) - next →: [Jeremiah 26:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.724/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 26:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.12/)