--- title: Jeremiah 29:32 (JPS 1917) — therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Ne… · tree and pragmatics description: therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto My people, saith the LORD; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD. Who acts: LORD, I. 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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, 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:807 # text = therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto My people, saith the LORD; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD. 1 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 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 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 Shemaiah Shemaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Nehelamite Nehelamite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 among among ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 good good NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 because because SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 54 perversion perversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 55 against against ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **punish** | future | I | Shemaiah and LORD's seed | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shemaiah=Patient | | 3 | **not** **have** | shall | LORD | a man | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 4 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | a man *not said here* | | | | among this people | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among people=Location | | 5 | **behold** | shall | LORD | the good | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** | future | I | the good | | | | unto My people | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | LORD | perversion | | | | against the LORD | tree rules | 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} לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנְנִ֨י פֹקֵ֜ד עַל־שְׁמַעְיָ֣ה הַנֶּחֱלָמִי֮ וְעַל־זַרְעוֹ֒ לֹא־יִהְיֶ֨ה ל֜וֹ אִ֣ישׁ ׀ יוֹשֵׁ֣ב ׀ בְּתוֹךְ־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה וְלֹֽא־יִרְאֶ֥ה בַטּ֛וֹב אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י עֹשֶֽׂה־לְעַמִּ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי־סָרָ֥ה דִבֶּ֖ר עַל־יְהוָֽה׃ס [Jeremiah 29:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:807` 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 29:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.806/) - next →: [Jeremiah 30:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.808/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 29:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.32/)