--- title: Jeremiah 32:18 (JPS 1917) — who showest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of t… · tree and pragmatics description: who showest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, the LORD of hosts is His name; Who acts: great. 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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 (great), 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:893 # text = who showest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, the LORD of hosts is His name; 1 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 showest show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 recompensest recompense VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nsubj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | | mercy | | | | unto thousands | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mercy=Recipient | | 2 | **recompense** | present | | the iniquity of the fathers | | the bosom of fathers's children | after children *= child* | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent iniquity=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | present | the great | God's name | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bosom** | | | fathers's children | | | | | nom bosom «state 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} עֹ֤שֶׂה חֶ֙סֶד֙ לַֽאֲלָפִ֔ים וּמְשַׁלֵּם֙ עֲוֺ֣ן אָב֔וֹת אֶל־חֵ֥יק בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם הָאֵ֤ל הַגָּדוֹל֙ הַגִּבּ֔וֹר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃ [Jeremiah 32:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.32.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:893` 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 32:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.892/) - next →: [Jeremiah 32:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.894/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 32:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.32.18/)