--- title: Jeremiah 35:11 (JPS 1917) — But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up aga… · tree and pragmatics description: But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, that we said: Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Arameans; so we dwell at Jerusalem.' Who acts: king, we, us. 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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 (king, we, us), 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:979 # text = But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, that we said: Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Arameans; so we dwell at Jerusalem.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 8 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 up up ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Chaldeans Chaldeans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Arameans Arameans PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | seed | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come up** | past | king Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon | | | the land | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against land=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | we | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | Jerusalem | | for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and fear of the army of the Arameans | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to jerusalem=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **dwell** | present | we | | | Jerusalem | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at jerusalem=Location | | 9 | **fear** | | | the army of the Chaldeans | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **fear** | | | the army of the Arameans | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=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} וַיְהִ֗י בַּעֲל֨וֹת נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֮ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ֒ וַנֹּ֗אמֶר בֹּ֚אוּ וְנָב֣וֹא יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִפְּנֵי֙ חֵ֣יל הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וּמִפְּנֵ֖י חֵ֣יל אֲרָ֑ם וַנֵּ֖שֶׁב בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ [Jeremiah 35:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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