--- title: Jeremiah 27:18 (JPS 1917) — But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, l… · tree and pragmatics description: But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. Who acts: prophets, word, you, vessels. 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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 (prophets, word, you, vessels), 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:754 # text = But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 advcl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 intercession intercession NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | prophets *= prophet* | prophets | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | the word of the LORD | | | | | with people | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | prophets *= prophet* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | prophets *= prophet* *not said here* | intercession | | | now | to the LORD of hosts | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset intercession=Product | | 5 | **leave** | present · passive | | the vessels | | the house of the LORD and the house of the king of Judah and Jerusalem | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in house=Location | | 6 | **not** **go** | infinitive | the vessels | | | Babylon | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to babylon=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | 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} וְאִם־נְבִאִ֣ים הֵ֔ם וְאִם־יֵ֥שׁ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אִתָּ֑ם יִפְגְּעוּ־נָא֙ בַּֽיהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּי־בֹ֜אוּ הַכֵּלִ֣ים ׀ הַנּוֹתָרִ֣ים בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֗ה וּבֵ֨ית מֶ֧לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֛ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בָּבֶֽלָה׃פ [Jeremiah 27:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:754` 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 27:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.753/) - next →: [Jeremiah 27:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.755/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 27:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.18/)