--- title: Jeremiah 35:15 (JPS 1917) — I have sent also unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them… · tree and pragmatics description: I have sent also unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.983/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/35/) / [35:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.15/) / JPS 1 # Jeremiah 35:15 · JPS 1917 I have sent also unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me. **Who acts:** I, ye · **What happens:** send, say, return, amend, not go, serve · **To what, where:** servants, evil way, doings, land, you, ear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 35:15 · 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 (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:983 # text = I have sent also unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 betimes betimes ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 often often ADV RB _ 15 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 amend amend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 obj _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl:relcl _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 conj _ _ 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 68 nsubj _ _ 66 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 68 inclined incline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 69 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 73 cc _ _ 73 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 68 conj _ _ 74 unto unto ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 73 obl _ _ 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present · perfect | I | My servants | | | | unto you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 2 | **send** | gerund | I *not said here* | servants *= servant* | | | | betimes *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **return** | infinitive | ye | | | man's evil way | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from way=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **amend** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | your doings | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **go** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | after other gods | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **serve** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | doings *= doing* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 8 | **dwell** | shall | ye | | | the land | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 9 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the land | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to you=Recipient | | 10 | **not** **incline** | present · perfect | ye | your ear | | | | | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 11 | **hearken** | participle | ye *not said here* | | | | | unto Me | 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} וָאֶשְׁלַ֣ח אֲלֵיכֶ֣ם אֶת־כָּל־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִאִ֣ים ׀ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ים וְשָׁלֹ֣חַ ׀ לֵאמֹ֡ר שֻׁבוּ־נָ֡א אִישׁ֩ מִדַּרְכּ֨וֹ הָרָעָ֜ה וְהֵיטִ֣יבוּ מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֗ם וְאַל־תֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ אַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ לְעָבְדָ֔ם וּשְׁבוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי לָכֶ֖ם וְלַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֤א הִטִּיתֶם֙ אֶֽת־אָזְנְכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃ [Jeremiah 35:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:983` 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 35:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.982/) - next →: [Jeremiah 35:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.984/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 35:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.15/)