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title: Jeremiah 27:15 (JPS 1917) — For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, and they prophesy falsely… · tree and pragmatics
description: For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, and they prophesy falsely in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.' Who acts: I, LORD, prophets, ye. Jeremiah 27:15 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Jeremiah 27:15 · JPS 1917

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For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, and they prophesy falsely in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.'

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**Who acts:** I, LORD, prophets, ye, My · **What happens:** not send, say, prophesy, drive out, perish, name · **To what, where:** prophets, name, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 27:15 · 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 (I, LORD, 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:751
# text = For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, and they prophesy falsely in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.'
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	prophesy	prophesy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
15	falsely	falsely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	might	might	AUX	MD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
24	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	out	out	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nsubj	_	_
30	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	perish	perish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	conj	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	conj	_	_
38	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
39	prophesy	prophesy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	acl:relcl	_	_
40	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	39	obl	_	_
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
43	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: changed indirect=0

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **send** | present · perfect | I | prophets *= prophet* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **prophesy** | present | prophets *= prophet* |  |  | My name |  | falsely *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **drive out** | might | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 5 | **perish** | might | ye |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **prophesy** | present | the prophets |  |  |  |  | unto you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **name** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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כִּ֣י לֹ֤א שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְהֵ֛ם נִבְּאִ֥ים בִּשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר לְמַ֨עַן הַדִּיחִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֔ם אַתֶּ֕ם וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃

[Jeremiah 27:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.15/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:751` of Mova's parse database.

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