--- title: Jeremiah 27:13 (JPS 1917) — Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, a… · tree and pragmatics description: Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? Who acts: ye, LORD, nation. 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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, nation), 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:749 # text = Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 29 concerning concerning ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: evaluate - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | future | ye | | | | | by the sword and the famine and the pestilence | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | concerning the nation | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **serve** | future | the nation | the king of Babylon | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Attribute | 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} לָ֤מָּה תָמ֙וּתוּ֙ אַתָּ֣ה וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר֙ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־הַגּ֕וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃ [Jeremiah 27:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:749` 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 27:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.748/) - next →: [Jeremiah 27:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.750/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 27:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.13/)