--- title: Jeremiah 32:12 (JPS 1917) — and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neri… · tree and pragmatics description: and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle 's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard. 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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 (I, witnesses, Jews), 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:887 # text = and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle 's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Baruch Baruch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Neriah Neriah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Mahseiah Mahseiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Hanamel Hanamel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 witnesses witness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 subscribed subscribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 before before ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | past | I | the deed of the purchase | | the presence of Hanamel and the presence of the witnesses | before all Jews | unto Baruch | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Patient | | 2 | **subscribe** | past | the witnesses | the deed of the purchase | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | all Jews | | | the court of the guard | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=Location | 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} וָאֶתֵּ֞ן אֶת־הַסֵּ֣פֶר הַמִּקְנָ֗ה אֶל־בָּר֣וּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּה֮ בֶּן־מַחְסֵיָה֒ לְעֵינֵי֙ חֲנַמְאֵ֣ל דֹּדִ֔י וּלְעֵינֵי֙ הָֽעֵדִ֔ים הַכֹּתְבִ֖ים בְּסֵ֣פֶר הַמִּקְנָ֑ה לְעֵינֵי֙ כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בַּחֲצַ֥ר הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 32:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.32.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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