--- title: Jeremiah 32:29 (JPS 1917) — and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set… · tree and pragmatics description: and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke Me. Who acts: Chaldeans. 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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 (Chaldeans), 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:904 # text = and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke Me. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Chaldeans Chaldeans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 roofs roof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ _ 42 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 provoke provoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 49 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 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 | **fight** | present | the Chaldeans | | | | | against this city | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | shall | the Chaldeans | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | the Chaldeans *not said here* | this city | | fire | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme on fire=Destination | | 4 | **burn** | infinitive | the Chaldeans *not said here* | city | | | | with the houses | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with house=Instrument | | 5 | **offer** | present · perfect | Chaldeans | | | | | upon roofs; unto Baal | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pour out** | participle | Chaldeans *not said here* | drink offerings | | | | unto other gods | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 7 | **provoke** | to-infinitive | Chaldeans *not said here* | Me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | 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} וּבָ֣אוּ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֗ים הַנִּלְחָמִים֙ עַל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את וְהִצִּ֜יתוּ אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֛את בָּאֵ֖שׁ וּשְׂרָפ֑וּהָ וְאֵ֣ת הַבָּתִּ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ קִטְּר֨וּ עַל־גַּגּֽוֹתֵיהֶ֜ם לַבַּ֗עַל וְהִסִּ֤כוּ נְסָכִים֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְמַ֖עַן הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃ [Jeremiah 32:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.32.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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