--- title: Jeremiah 27:16 (JPS 1917) — Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying: 'Thus sa… · tree and pragmatics description: Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying: Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you. 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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 (I, LORD, prophets), 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:752 # text = Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying: Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you. 1 Also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 16 Thus thus ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 21 Hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 36 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 'S 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 47 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 prophesy prophesy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 unto unto ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | to the priests and all people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to priest=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **hearken** | infinitive | | | | | | to the words of your prophets | tree rules | | 5 | **prophesy** | present | your prophets | | | | | unto you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | your prophets *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring back** | shall · passive | | the vessels of the LORD's house | | Babylon | now | shortly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from babylon=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **prophesy** | present | prophets *= prophet* | a lie | | | | unto you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Theme | | 9 | **word** | | | your 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} וְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים֩ וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֨ם הַזֶּ֜ה דִּבַּ֣רְתִּי לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּה֮ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֒ אַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י נְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֗ם הַֽנִּבְּאִ֤ים לָכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֨ה כְלֵ֧י בֵית־יְהוָ֛ה מוּשָׁבִ֥ים מִבָּבֶ֖לָה עַתָּ֣ה מְהֵרָ֑ה כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖מָּה נִבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃ [Jeremiah 27:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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