--- title: Jeremiah 29:16 (JPS 1917) — For thus saith the LORD concerning the king that sitteth upon the th… · tree and pragmatics description: For thus saith the LORD concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; Who acts: LORD, king, people, brethren. 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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, king, people, brethren), 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:791 # text = For thus saith the LORD concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 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 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sitteth sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 appos _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 forth forth ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | concern the king and all people; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** | present | the king and all people | | | the throne of David | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon throne=Location | | 3 | **dwell** | present | all people | | | this city | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | | 4 | **not** **go** | present · passive | your brethren | | | captivity | | with you; forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into captivity=Initial\_Location | 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} כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ אֶל־כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֔ד וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את אֲחֵיכֶ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־יָצְא֥וּ אִתְּכֶ֖ם בַּגּוֹלָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 29:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:791` 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 29:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.790/) - next →: [Jeremiah 29:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.792/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 29:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.16/)