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title: Jeremiah 31:28 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them to… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith the LORD. Who acts: sleep, I, LORD. Jeremiah 31:28 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the prag
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# Jeremiah 31:28 · JPS 1917

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And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith the LORD.

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**Who acts:** sleep, I, LORD · **What happens:** come, pass, watch, pluck up, break down, overthrow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 31:28 · 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 (sleep, I, LORD), 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:863
# text = And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith the LORD.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	pluck	pluck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
22	down	down	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	overthrow	overthrow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	afflict	afflict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
35	so	so	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
36	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
37	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
39	over	over	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	plant	plant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	conj	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | shall | sleep |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | sleep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **watch** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | over house | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over they=Location |
| 4 | **pluck up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **break down** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **overthrow** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **afflict** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **watch** | future | I |  |  |  |  | over house | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over they=Location |
| 10 | **build** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 11 | **plant** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «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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וְהָיָ֞ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁקַ֣דְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לִנְת֧וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֛וֹץ וְלַהֲרֹ֖ס וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד וּלְהָרֵ֑עַ כֵּ֣ן אֶשְׁקֹ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לִבְנ֥וֹת וְלִנְט֖וֹעַ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

[Jeremiah 31:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.28/)

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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:863` of Mova's parse database.

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