--- title: Jeremiah 31:23 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again shall the… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn their captivity: 'The LORD bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.' Who acts: LORD, God, 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, God, 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:858 # text = Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn their captivity: 'The LORD bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.' 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 : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 29 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 39 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 42 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 O o INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ _ 45 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 vocative _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 O o INTJ UH _ 50 discourse _ _ 50 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 vocative _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 holiness holiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **use** | shall | God | this speech | | the land of Judah and the cities | again | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient | | 3 | **turn** | shall | I | God's captivity | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent captivity=Theme | | 4 | **bless** | infinitive | the LORD | thee | | | | habitation of righteousness *vocative*; mountain of holiness *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | 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} כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ע֣וֹד יֹאמְר֞וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה בְּאֶ֤רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְעָרָ֔יו בְּשׁוּבִ֖י אֶת־שְׁבוּתָ֑ם יְבָרֶכְךָ֧ יְהוָ֛ה נְוֵה־צֶ֖דֶק הַ֥ר הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ [Jeremiah 31:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:858` 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 31:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.857/) - next →: [Jeremiah 31:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.859/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 31:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.23/)