--- title: Jeremiah 4:1 (JPS 1917) — If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, yea, return unto Me;… · tree and pragmatics description: If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, yea, return unto Me; and if thou wilt put away thy detestable things out of My sight, and wilt not waver; Who acts: thou, LORD, My. 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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 (thou, LORD, My), 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:98 # text = If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, yea, return unto Me; and if thou wilt put away thy detestable things out of My sight, and wilt not waver; 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 O o INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 yea yea INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 24 away away ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 detestable detestable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 wilt will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 waver waver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | | | | | Israel *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **return** | infinitive | | | | | | unto Me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put away** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | thy detestable things | | My sight | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme out sight=Destination | | 5 | **not** **waver** | future | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sight** | | My | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} אִם־תָּשׁ֨וּב יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל ׀ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י תָּשׁ֑וּב וְאִם־תָּסִ֧יר שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יךָ מִפָּנַ֖י וְלֹ֥א תָנֽוּד׃ [Jeremiah 4:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:98` 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 3:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.97/) - next →: [Jeremiah 4:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.99/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.1/)