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title: Jeremiah 31:40 (JPS 1917) — And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all t… · tree and pragmatics
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# Jeremiah 31:40 · JPS 1917

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And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

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**Who acts:** whole valley · **What happens:** be, not pluck up, throw down · **To what, where:** gate

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This is Jeremiah 31:40 · 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 (whole valley), 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:875
# text = And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
19	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Kidron	Kidron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
35	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	cop	_	_
37	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
38	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	LORD	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	46	advmod	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	plucked	pluck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	parataxis	_	_
47	up	up	ADP	RP	_	46	compound:prt	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	50	cc	_	_
50	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	conj	_	_
51	down	down	ADP	RP	_	50	compound:prt	_	_
52	any	any	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	50	advmod	_	_
54	for	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	ever	ever	ADV	RB	_	50	obl	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | shall | the whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes and all fields unto the brook Kidron unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east |  |  |  |  | unto the LORD; holy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **pluck up** | shall · passive |  | gate |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **throw down** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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וְכָל־הָעֵ֣מֶק הַפְּגָרִ֣ים ׀ וְהַדֶּ֡שֶׁן וְכָֽל־הַשְּׁדֵמוֹת֩ עַד־נַ֨חַל קִדְר֜וֹן עַד־פִּנַּ֨ת שַׁ֤עַר הַסּוּסִים֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֑ה לֹֽא־יִנָּתֵ֧שׁ וְֽלֹא־יֵהָרֵ֛ס ע֖וֹד לְעוֹלָֽם׃ס

[Jeremiah 31:40: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.40/)

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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:875` of Mova's parse database.

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