--- title: Jeremiah 3:16 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in t… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the LORD; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they make mention of it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.88/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/3/) / [3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.16/) / JPS 1 # Jeremiah 3:16 · JPS 1917 And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the LORD; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they make mention of it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more. **Who acts:** LORD, shepherds, understanding · **What happens:** come, pass, multiply, increase, say, make · **To what, where:** understanding, ye, land, ark, mind, mention · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 3:16 · 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 (LORD, shepherds, understanding), 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:88 # text = And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the LORD; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they make mention of it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 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 , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 multiplied multiply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 29 no no ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 44 cc _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 51 cc _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 52 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 56 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 59 cc _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 62 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 66 cc _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 67 any any ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 66 advmod _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **come** | shall | | understanding | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **multiply** | present · passive | | ye | | | day | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **increase** | participle | | | | the land | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | shepherds *= shepherd* | the ark of the covenant of the LORD | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ark=Topic | | 7 | **come** | shall | understanding | | | mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mind=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **make** | shall | shepherds *= shepherd* | mention of understanding | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mention=Product | | 9 | **miss** | shall | shepherds *= shepherd* | understanding | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 10 | **make** | shall · passive | | understanding | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 11 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 12 | **mention** | | | understanding | | | | | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְהָיָ֡ה כִּ֣י תִרְבּוּ֩ וּפְרִיתֶ֨ם בָּאָ֜רֶץ בַּיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה לֹא־יֹ֣אמְרוּ ע֗וֹד אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִית־יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־לֵ֑ב וְלֹ֤א יִזְכְּרוּ־בוֹ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִפְקֹ֔דוּ וְלֹ֥א יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה עֽוֹד׃ [Jeremiah 3:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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