--- title: Jeremiah 34:17 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ye have not hearkened unto Me, to pro… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ye have not hearkened unto Me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbour; behold, I proclaim for you a liberty, saith the LORD, unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine; and I will make you a horror unto all the kingd --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.963/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/34/) / [34:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.17/) / JPS 1 # Jeremiah 34:17 · JPS 1917 Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ye have not hearkened unto Me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbour; behold, I proclaim for you a liberty, saith the LORD, unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine; and I will make you a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth. **Who acts:** LORD, Ye, I · **What happens:** say, not hearken, proclaim, make · **To what, where:** liberty, horror, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 34:17 · 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 (LORD, Ye, 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:963 # text = Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ye have not hearkened unto Me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbour; behold, I proclaim for you a liberty, saith the LORD, unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine; and I will make you a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 behold behold INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 proclaim proclaim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 unto unto ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 unto unto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 iobj _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 64 unto unto ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 67 det:predet _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **hearken** | present · perfect | Ye | | | | | unto Me | tree rules | | 3 | **proclaim** | to-infinitive | Ye *not said here* | liberty and every man to man's brother and every man to man's neighbour | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme | | 4 | **proclaim** | present | I | a liberty | | | | for you | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | unto the sword; unto the pestilence and the famine | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | future | I | a horror | you | | | unto all kingdoms of the earth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary horror=Product | 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} לָכֵן֮ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֒ אַתֶּם֙ לֹֽא־שְׁמַעְתֶּ֣ם אֵלַ֔י לִקְרֹ֣א דְר֔וֹר אִ֥ישׁ לְאָחִ֖יו וְאִ֣ישׁ לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ הִנְנִ֣י קֹרֵא֩ לָכֶ֨ם דְּר֜וֹר נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־הַחֶ֙רֶב֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֣בֶר וְאֶל־הָרָעָ֔ב וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ לְזַעֲוָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל מַמְלְכ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Jeremiah 34:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:963` 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 34:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.962/) - next →: [Jeremiah 34:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.964/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 34:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.17/)