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title: Jeremiah 29:1 (JPS 1917) — Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, Who acts: these, Jeremiah, Nebu
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# Jeremiah 29:1 · JPS 1917

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Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

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**Who acts:** these, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar · **What happens:** be, send, carry away · **To what, where:** words, letter, Jerusalem, people, Babylon

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This is Jeremiah 29:1 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (these, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar), 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:776
# text = Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
10	Jeremiah	Jeremiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	residue	residue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	40	det:predet	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	45	obj	_	_
43	Nebuchadnezzar	Nebuchadnezzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	acl:relcl	_	_
46	away	away	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
47	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	xcomp	_	_
48	from	from	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | these | the words |  |  | now | of the letter | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | past | Jeremiah | the letter |  | Jerusalem |  | unto the residue of the elders of the captivity and the priests and the prophets and all people | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent that=Theme from jerusalem=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **carry away** | past · perfect | Nebuchadnezzar | all people | Babylon | Jerusalem |  | away, captive *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent whom=Theme from jerusalem=Initial\_Location to babylon=Destination |

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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}

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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַסֵּ֔פֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלַ֛ח יִרְמְיָ֥ה הַנָּבִ֖יא מִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אֶל־יֶ֜תֶר זִקְנֵ֣י הַגּוֹלָ֗ה וְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִים֙ וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶגְלָ֧ה נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֛ר מִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בָּבֶֽלָה׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:776` of Mova's parse database.

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