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title: Jeremiah 35:14 (JPS 1917) — The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed, and unto this day they drink none, for they hearken to their father's commandment; but I have spoken unto you, speaking betimes and often, and ye have not hearkened unto Me. Who acts: word, inhabita
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# Jeremiah 35:14 · JPS 1917

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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed, and unto this day they drink none, for they hearken to their father's commandment; but I have spoken unto you, speaking betimes and often, and ye have not hearkened unto Me.

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**Who acts:** word, inhabitants, I, ye, father · **What happens:** command, not drink, perform, drink, hearken, speak · **To what, where:** sons, wine, words, none, Jonadab · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Jeremiah 35:14 · 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 (word, inhabitants, I, 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:982
# text = The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed, and unto this day they drink none, for they hearken to their father's commandment; but I have spoken unto you, speaking betimes and often, and ye have not hearkened unto Me.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jonadab	Jonadab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Rechab	Rechab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
19	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
21	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
25	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
28	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
30	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	29	obj	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	hearken	hearken	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	advcl	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	's	's	PART	POS	_	37	case	_	_
39	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	conj	_	_
45	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	44	advcl	_	_
49	betimes	betimes	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	often	often	ADV	RB	_	49	conj	_	_
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
54	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	57	nsubj	_	_
55	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	57	advmod	_	_
57	hearkened	hearken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	conj	_	_
58	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	obl	_	_
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past | word | word's sons |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **drink** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | word *not said here* | wine |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient |
| 3 | **perform** | present · passive |  | the words of Jonadab |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **drink** | present | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | none |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |
| 5 | **hearken** | present | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  |  | to inhabitants's father's commandment | tree rules |
| 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | unto you | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | betimes *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **not** **hearken** | present · perfect | ye |  |  |  |  | unto Me | tree rules |
| 9 | **word** |  |  | Jonadab |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **command** |  | inhabitants's father |  |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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הוּקַ֡ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוֹנָדָ֣ב בֶּן־רֵ֠כָב אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה אֶת־בָּנָ֜יו לְבִלְתִּ֣י שְׁתֽוֹת־יַ֗יִן וְלֹ֤א שָׁתוּ֙ עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֣י שָֽׁמְע֔וּ אֵ֖ת מִצְוַ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם֙ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם וְדַבֵּ֔ר וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:982` of Mova's parse database.

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