--- title: Jeremiah 26:15 (JPS 1917) — Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring… · tree and pragmatics description: Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.' Who acts: ye, 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 (ye, 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:726 # text = Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.' 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 put put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 18 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 32 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | infinitive | ye | | | | | for certain | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | me | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Goal | | 3 | **bring** | future | ye | innocent blood | | | | upon yourselves; upon this city; upon the inhabitants | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | | | | for a truth; unto you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | all words | | your ears | | | tree rules | 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} אַ֣ךְ ׀ יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּדְע֗וּ כִּ֣י אִם־מְמִתִ֣ים אַתֶּם֮ אֹתִי֒ כִּי־דָ֣ם נָקִ֗י אַתֶּם֙ נֹתְנִ֣ים עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֶל־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את וְאֶל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ כִּ֣י בֶאֱמֶ֗ת שְׁלָחַ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם לְדַבֵּר֙ בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ס [Jeremiah 26:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:726` 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 26:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.725/) - next →: [Jeremiah 26:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.727/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 26:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.15/)