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title: Jeremiah 3:12 (JPS 1917) — Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou… · tree and pragmatics
description: Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever. Who acts: you, thou, LORD, I. Jeremiah 3:12 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics 
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# Jeremiah 3:12 · JPS 1917

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Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever.

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**Who acts:** you, thou, LORD, I · **What happens:** go, proclaim, say, return, backslide, not frown · **To what, where:** words, Israel, grudge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 3:12 · 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, thou, 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:84
# text = Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever.
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	proclaim	proclaim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nsubj	_	_
17	backsliding	backslide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
18	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	_
27	frown	frown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
28	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
31	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
34	merciful	merciful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	advcl	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	parataxis	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
43	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	parataxis	_	_
44	grudge	grudge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
45	for	for	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	43	obl	_	_
47	.	.	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 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **proclaim** | infinitive | you *not said here* | this words |  |  |  | toward the north | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **return** | infinitive | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **backslide** | gerund | thou *not said here* | Israel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **not** **frown** | future | I |  |  |  |  | upon you | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | merciful *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **not** **bear** | future | I | grudge |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer grudge=Stimulus for ever=Attribute |

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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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הָלֹ֡ךְ וְקָֽרָאתָ֩ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה צָפ֗וֹנָה וְ֠אָמַרְתָּ שׁ֣וּבָה מְשֻׁבָ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה לֽוֹא־אַפִּ֥יל פָּנַ֖י בָּכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־חָסִ֤יד אֲנִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א אֶטּ֖וֹר לְעוֹלָֽם׃

[Jeremiah 3:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.12/)

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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:84` of Mova's parse database.

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