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title: Jeremiah 32:44 (JPS 1917) — Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the Lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will caus
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# Jeremiah 32:44 · JPS 1917

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Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the Lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.'

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**Who acts:** Men, I, captivity, LORD · **What happens:** buy, subscribe, seal, call, cause, return · **To what, where:** fields, deeds, men, witnesses, land, captivity · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 32:44 · 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 (Men, I, captivity, LORD), 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:919
# text = Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the Lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.'
1	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	subscribe	subscribe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	seal	seal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
19	witnesses	witness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Benjamin	Benjamin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
31	about	about	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	_
49	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	Lowland	Lowland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	_
66	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	70	punct	_	_
67	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
68	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
69	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
70	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	76	advcl	_	_
71	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	_
73	to	to	PART	TO	_	74	mark	_	_
74	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	xcomp	_	_
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
76	saith	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	nsubj	_	_
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
80	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | shall | Men | fields |  |  |  | for money | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent field=Theme for money=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **subscribe** | infinitive | Men *not said here* | the deeds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **seal** | infinitive | Men *not said here* | men *= man* |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 4 | **call** | infinitive | Men *not said here* | witnesses |  | the land of Benjamin and the places about Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and the cities of the hill country and the cities of the Lowland and the cities of the South |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witness=Recipient |
| 5 | **cause** | future | I | men's captivity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **return** | to-infinitive | men's captivity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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שָׂד֞וֹת בַּכֶּ֣סֶף יִקְנ֗וּ וְכָת֨וֹב בַּסֵּ֥פֶר ׀ וְחָתוֹם֮ וְהָעֵ֣ד עֵדִים֒ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֜ן וּבִסְבִיבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּבְעָרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְעָרֵ֣י הָהָ֔ר וּבְעָרֵ֥י הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה וּבְעָרֵ֣י הַנֶּ֑גֶב כִּֽי־אָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־שְׁבוּתָ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃פ

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:919` of Mova's parse database.

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