--- title: Jeremiah 28:4 (JPS 1917) — and I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, k… · tree and pragmatics description: and I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith the LORD; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.' Who acts: I, captives, LORD. 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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, captives, LORD), 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:762 # text = and I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith the LORD; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 Jeconiah Jeconiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Jehoiakim Jehoiakim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 yoke yoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring back** | future | I | | | this place | | with all captives of Judah | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to place=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past | all captives of Judah | | | Babylon | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to babylon=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **break** | future | I | the yoke of the king of Babylon | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yoke=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} וְאֶת־יְכָנְיָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים מֶֽלֶךְ־יְ֠הוּדָה וְאֶת־כָּל־גָּל֨וּת יְהוּדָ֜ה הַבָּאִ֣ים בָּבֶ֗לָה אֲנִ֥י מֵשִׁ֛יב אֶל־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י אֶשְׁבֹּ֔ר אֶת־עֹ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃ [Jeremiah 28:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.28.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:762` 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 28:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.761/) - next →: [Jeremiah 28:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.763/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 28:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.28.4/)