--- title: Jeremiah 3:19 (JPS 1917) — But I said: 'How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pl… · tree and pragmatics description: But I said: 'How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest heritage of the nations!' And I said: 'Thou shalt call Me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following Me.' Who acts: I, Thou. 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And I said: 'Thou shalt call Me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following Me.' **Who acts:** I, Thou · **What happens:** say, put, give, call, not turn away, follow · **To what, where:** thee, pleasant land, Me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 3:19 · 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 (I, Thou), 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:91 # text = But I said: 'How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest heritage of the nations!' And I said: 'Thou shalt call Me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following Me.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obj _ _ 11 among among ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 iobj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 goodliest goodly ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 heritage heritage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 35 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 38 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 from from SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 50 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** | would | I | thee | | | | among the sons | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme among son=Destination | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a pleasant land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient land=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **call** | shall | Thou | | Me | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **turn away** | shall | Thou *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **follow** | gerund | Thou *not said here* | Me | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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} וְאָנֹכִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֵ֚יךְ אֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ בַּבָּנִ֔ים וְאֶתֶּן־לָךְ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֔ה נַחֲלַ֥ת צְבִ֖י צִבְא֣וֹת גּוֹיִ֑ם וָאֹמַ֗ר אָבִי֙ תִּקְרְאִי־לִ֔י וּמֵאַחֲרַ֖י לֹ֥א תָשֽׁוּבִי׃ [Jeremiah 3:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:91` 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 3:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.90/) - next →: [Jeremiah 3:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.92/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 3:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.19/)