--- title: Jeremiah 28:16 (JPS 1917) — 'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from o… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken perversion against the LORD.' Who acts: LORD, I, thou. 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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, thou), 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:774 # text = 'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken perversion against the LORD.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 2 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 off off ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 because because SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 33 perversion perversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 against against ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send away** | future | I | thee | | the face of the earth | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thou=Theme from face=Source | | 3 | **die** | shall | thou | | | | year | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | thou | perversion | | | | against the LORD | tree rules | 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} לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִי֙ מְשַֽׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֔ מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה הַשָּׁנָה֙ אַתָּ֣ה מֵ֔ת כִּֽי־סָרָ֥ה דִבַּ֖רְתָּ אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 28:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.28.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:774` 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 28:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.773/) - next →: [Jeremiah 28:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.775/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.28.16/)