--- title: Jeremiah 35:6 (JPS 1917) — But they said: 'We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab… · tree and pragmatics description: But they said: 'We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying: Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever; Who acts: goblets, We, Jonadab, Ye. 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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 (goblets, We, Jonadab, Ye), 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:974 # text = But they said: 'We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying: Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever; 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 6 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Jonadab Jonadab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Rechab Rechab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 20 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc:preconj _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | goblets *= goblet* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **drink** | future | We | no wine | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 3 | **command** | past | Jonadab | us | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jonadab *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **drink** | shall | Ye | no wine | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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} וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֣א נִשְׁתֶּה־יָּ֑יִן כִּי֩ יוֹנָדָ֨ב בֶּן־רֵכָ֜ב אָבִ֗ינוּ צִוָּ֤ה עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֧א תִשְׁתּוּ־יַ֛יִן אַתֶּ֥ם וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 35:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:974` 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 35:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.973/) - next →: [Jeremiah 35:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.975/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 35:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.6/)