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title: Jeremiah 29:21 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; Who acts: LO
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# Jeremiah 29:21 · JPS 1917

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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

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**Who acts:** LORD, son, I, My · **What happens:** say, prophesy, deliver, slay, name · **To what, where:** lie, name, words, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 29:21 · 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 (LORD, son, I, My), 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:796
# text = Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	concerning	concerning	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Ahab	Ahab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Kolaiah	Kolaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	concerning	concerning	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Zedekiah	Zedekiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Maaseiah	Maaseiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	prophesy	prophesy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
37	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
38	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	42	discourse	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
43	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	into	into	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	Nebuchadrezzar	Nebuchadrezzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	conj	_	_
57	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	_
58	before	before	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	_
61	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts concerning Ahab and Zedekiah |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **prophesy** | present | the son of Maaseiah | a lie |  | My name |  | unto you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Theme |
| 3 | **deliver** | future | I | words *= word* |  | the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 4 | **slay** | shall | LORD | words *= word* |  |  | before your eyes |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 5 | **name** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־אַחְאָ֤ב בֶּן־קֽוֹלָיָה֙ וְאֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶן־מַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֔ה הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶ֛ם בִּשְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑קֶר הִנְנִ֣י ׀ נֹתֵ֣ן אֹתָ֗ם בְּיַד֙ נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְהִכָּ֖ם לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

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