--- title: Jeremiah 34:2 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Go, and speak to Zedekiah ki… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire; Who acts: LORD, I. 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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 (LORD, I), 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:948 # text = Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire; 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Zedekiah Zedekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Thus thus ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | | | | | | to Zedekiah king of Judah | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | LORD | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **give** | future | I | this city | | the hand of the king of Babylon | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme | | 7 | **burn** | shall | LORD | hand | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with fire=Instrument | 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} כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הָלֹךְ֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֜ן אֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ בְּיַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ [Jeremiah 34:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:948` 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 34:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.947/) - next →: [Jeremiah 34:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.949/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 34:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.2/)