--- title: Jeremiah 26:16 (JPS 1917) — Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: 'This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.' Who acts: princes, man. 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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 (princes, man), 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:727 # text = Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: 'This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 18 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princes and all people | | | | then | unto the priests and the prophets | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | this man | | | | | of death; worthy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | man | | us | the name of the LORD | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to we=Co-Agent | | 4 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ הַשָּׂרִים֙ וְכָל־הָעָ֔ם אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִ֑ים אֵין־לָאִ֤ישׁ הַזֶּה֙ מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֔וֶת כִּ֗י בְּשֵׁ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֵֽינוּ׃ [Jeremiah 26:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:727` 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 26:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.726/) - next →: [Jeremiah 26:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.728/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 26:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.16/)