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title: Jeremiah 29:31 (JPS 1917) — Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the LORD conce… · tree and pragmatics
description: Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie; Who acts: you, LORD, Shemaiah, I. Jeremiah 29:31 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and t
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# Jeremiah 29:31 · JPS 1917

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Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;

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**Who acts:** you, LORD, Shemaiah, I · **What happens:** send, say, prophesy, not send, cause, trust · **To what, where:** words, LORD, you, lie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 29:31 · 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 (you, LORD, Shemaiah, I), 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:806
# text = Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
15	concerning	concern	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Shemaiah	Shemaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Nehelamite	Nehelamite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
20	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	Shemaiah	Shemaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
23	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
25	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	30	conj	_	_
38	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=request

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | words *= word* |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to they=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD concern Shemaiah |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **prophesy** | present · perfect | Shemaiah |  |  |  |  | unto you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **send** | past | I | LORD |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 6 | **cause** | present · perfect | LORD | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **trust** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a lie |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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שְׁלַ֤ח עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹלָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־שְׁמַעְיָ֖ה הַנֶּחֱלָמִ֑י יַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ נִבָּ֨א לָכֶ֜ם שְׁמַעְיָ֗ה וַֽאֲנִי֙ לֹ֣א שְׁלַחְתִּ֔יו וַיַּבְטַ֥ח אֶתְכֶ֖ם עַל־שָֽׁקֶר׃

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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:806` of Mova's parse database.

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