--- title: Jeremiah 35:17 (JPS 1917) — therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel:… · tree and pragmatics description: therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard, and I have called unto them, but they have not ans --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.985/) [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/) / [35:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.17/) / JPS 1 # Jeremiah 35:17 · JPS 1917 therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard, and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.' **Who acts:** LORD, I, inhabitants · **What happens:** say, bring, pronounce, speak, not hear, call · **To what, where:** evil · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Jeremiah 35:17 · 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 (LORD, I, inhabitants), 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:985 # text = therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard, and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.' 1 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 pronounced pronounce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 because because SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 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 21 advcl _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 58 unto unto ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 conj _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** | future | I | all evil | | | | upon Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent evil=Theme | | 3 | **pronounce** | present · perfect | I | all evil | | | | against inhabitants *= inhabitant* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | | | | | unto inhabitants *= inhabitant* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **hear** | present · perfect | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **call** | present · perfect | I | | | | | unto inhabitants *= inhabitant* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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} לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֧י מֵבִ֣יא אֶל־יְהוּדָ֗ה וְאֶ֤ל כָּל־יֽוֹשְׁבֵי֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם אֵ֚ת כָּל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם יַ֣עַן דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֔עוּ וָאֶקְרָ֥א לָהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א עָנֽוּ׃ [Jeremiah 35:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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