--- title: Jeremiah 27:14 (JPS 1917) — And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you,… · tree and pragmatics description: And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon, for they prophesy a lie unto you. Who acts: you, prophets, Ye. 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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 (you, prophets, Ye), 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:750 # text = And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon, for they prophesy a lie unto you. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hearken** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the words of the prophets | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the prophets | | | | | unto you | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **serve** | shall | Ye | the king of Babylon | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Attribute | | 5 | **prophesy** | present | prophets *= prophet* | a lie | | | | unto you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Theme | | 6 | **word** | | | the prophets | | | | | nom word «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} וְאַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַנְּבִאִ֗ים הָאֹמְרִ֤ים אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תַעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃ [Jeremiah 27:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:750` 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 27:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.749/) - next →: [Jeremiah 27:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.751/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 27:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.14/)