--- title: Jeremiah 34:20 (JPS 1917) — I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the h… · tree and pragmatics description: I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. Who acts: I, hand, dead bodies. 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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 (I, hand, dead bodies), 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:966 # text = I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | I | parts *= part* | | the hand of parts's enemies and the hand of parts | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | present | the hand of parts | parts's life | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 3 | **is** | shall | parts's dead bodies | | | | | for food; unto the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the earth | tree rules | 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} וְנָתַתִּ֤י אוֹתָם֙ בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְהָיְתָ֤ה נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Jeremiah 34:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:966` 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 34:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.965/) - next →: [Jeremiah 34:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.967/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 34:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.34.20/)