--- title: Jeremiah 26:18 (JPS 1917) — 'Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Jud… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 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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 (Micah, LORD, Jerusalem), 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:729 # text = 'Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 2 Micah Micah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Morashtite Morashtite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 prophesied prophesy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 Thus thus ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 plowed plow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 46 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 xcomp _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prophesy** | past | Micah | | | | day | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Micah | | | | | to all people of Judah | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to people=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Micah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **plow** | shall · passive | | Zion | | | | as a field | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **become** | shall | Jerusalem | heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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} מִיכָה֙ הַמּ֣וֹרַשְׁתִּ֔י הָיָ֣ה נִבָּ֔א בִּימֵ֖י חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־כָּל־עַם֩ יְהוּדָ֨ה לֵאמֹ֜ר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת צִיּ֞וֹן שָׂדֶ֤ה תֵֽחָרֵשׁ֙ וִירוּשָׁלַ֙יִם֙ עִיִּ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְהַ֥ר הַבַּ֖יִת לְבָמ֥וֹת יָֽעַר׃ [Jeremiah 26:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:729` 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 26:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.728/) - next →: [Jeremiah 26:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.730/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 26:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.18/)