--- title: Jeremiah 28:14 (JPS 1917) — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yo… · tree and pragmatics description: For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him; and I have given him the beasts of the field also.' Who acts: LORD, I, nations. 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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 (LORD, I, nations), 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:772 # text = For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him; and I have given him the beasts of the field also.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 yoke yoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 33 Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 also also ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** | present · perfect | I | a yoke of iron | | the neck of all nations | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent yoke=Theme upon neck=Destination | | 3 | **serve** | may | nations *= nation* | Nebuchadnezzar | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nebuchadnezzar=Attribute | | 4 | **serve** | shall | nations *= nation* | LORD | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 5 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the beasts of the field | LORD | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient beast=Theme | 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} כִּ֣י כֹֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עֹ֣ל בַּרְזֶ֡ל נָתַ֜תִּי עַל־צַוַּ֣אר ׀ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָאֵ֗לֶּה לַעֲבֹ֛ד אֶת־נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וַעֲבָדֻ֑הוּ וְגַ֛ם אֶת־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה נָתַ֥תִּי לֽוֹ׃ [Jeremiah 28:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.28.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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