--- title: Jeremiah 27:8 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which wil… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, unt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.744/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/27/) / [27:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.8/) / JPS 1 # Jeremiah 27:8 · JPS 1917 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. **Who acts:** bondman, nation, that, I, LORD · **What happens:** come, pass, not serve, not put, visit, say · **To what, where:** same Nebuchadnezzar king, neck, yoke, nation, nations · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 27:8 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (bondman, nation, that, I), 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:744 # text = And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 dislocated _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 under under ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 yoke yoke 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 until until SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 69 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 by by ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | bondman | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | bondman *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **serve** | future | the nation and the kingdom | the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Attribute | | 4 | **not** **put** | future | that | nations's neck | | the yoke of the king of Babylon | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent neck=Theme under yoke=Destination | | 5 | **visit** | future | I | that nation | | | | the nation and the kingdom *dislocated* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Co-Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | with the sword and the famine and the pestilence | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **consume** | present · perfect | I | nations *= nation* | | | | by king's hand | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | 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} וְהָיָ֨ה הַגּ֜וֹי וְהַמַּמְלָכָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יַעַבְד֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶת־נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֵ֨ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִתֵּן֙ אֶת־צַוָּאר֔וֹ בְּעֹ֖ל מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל בַּחֶרֶב֩ וּבָרָעָ֨ב וּבַדֶּ֜בֶר אֶפְקֹ֨ד עַל־הַגּ֤וֹי הַהוּא֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה עַד־תֻּמִּ֥י אֹתָ֖ם בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ [Jeremiah 27:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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