--- title: Jeremiah 34:14 (JPS 1917) — 'At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother tha… · tree and pragmatics description: 'At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee'; but your fathers hearkened not unto Me, neither inclined their ear. Who acts: ye, brother, thou, man. 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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 (ye, brother, thou, man), 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:960 # text = 'At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee'; but your fathers hearkened not unto Me, neither inclined their ear. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 2 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Hebrew Hebrew NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obj _ _ 32 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 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 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obl _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 54 cc _ _ 54 inclined incline VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | shall | ye | | | | at the end of seven years | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | every man | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | man's brother | a Hebrew | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sell** | present · perfect · passive | | man's brother | | | | unto thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **serve** | present · perfect | | thee | | | year | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Attribute | | 6 | **let** | shall | thou | man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | thee | | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from thou=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **not** **hearken** | past | your fathers | | | | | unto Me | tree rules | | 9 | **incline** | past | your fathers *not said here* | fathers's ear | | | | | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent ear=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} מִקֵּ֣ץ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֡ים תְּֽשַׁלְּח֡וּ אִישׁ֩ אֶת־אָחִ֨יו הָעִבְרִ֜י אֲשֶֽׁר־יִמָּכֵ֣ר לְךָ֗ וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְשִׁלַּחְתּ֥וֹ חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵֽעִמָּ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־שָׁמְע֤וּ אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 34:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:960` 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 34:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.959/) - next →: [Jeremiah 34:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.961/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 34:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.14/)