--- title: Jeremiah 29:7 (JPS 1917) — And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carri… · tree and pragmatics description: And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the LORD for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Who acts: you, I, ye. 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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 (you, I, ye), 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:782 # text = And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the LORD for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 seek seek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 31 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 35 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | imperative | you *not said here* | the peace of the city | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 2 | **cause** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | whither *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **carry away** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | away, captive *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **pray** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD; for city | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme | | 5 | **have** | shall | ye | peace | | the peace | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | | 6 | **pacify** | | | the city | | | | | nom peace «state 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} וְדִרְשׁ֞וּ אֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם הָעִ֗יר אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִגְלֵ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ שָׁ֔מָּה וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֥וּ בַעֲדָ֖הּ אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י בִשְׁלוֹמָ֔הּ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם שָׁלֽוֹם׃פ [Jeremiah 29:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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