--- title: Jeremiah 29:19 (JPS 1917) — because they have not hearkened to My words, saith the LORD, wherewi… · tree and pragmatics description: because they have not hearkened to My words, saith the LORD, wherewith I sent unto them My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. Who acts: sword, LORD, 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 (sword, LORD, 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:794 # text = because they have not hearkened to My words, saith the LORD, wherewith I sent unto them My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. 1 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 appos _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 betimes betimes ADV RB _ 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 often often ADV RB _ 26 conj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hearken** | present · perfect | sword | | | | | to My words | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | past | I | My servants | | | | unto sword; wherewith *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 4 | **send** | gerund | I *not said here* | | sword | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination betimes=Theme | | 5 | **not** **hear** | would | ye | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} תַּ֛חַת אֲשֶֽׁר־לֹא־שָׁמְע֥וּ אֶל־דְּבָרַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁלַ֨חְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אֶת־עֲבָדַ֤י הַנְּבִאִים֙ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם וְשָׁלֹ֔חַ וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 29:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:794` 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 29:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.793/) - next →: [Jeremiah 29:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.795/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 29:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.19/)