--- title: Jeremiah 36:7 (JPS 1917) — It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and… · tree and pragmatics description: It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.' Who acts: people, anger, LORD. 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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 (people, anger, LORD), 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:994 # text = It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.' 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 supplication supplication NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 pronounced pronounce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 36 against against ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | may | | house | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **present** | future | people | people's supplication | | | before the LORD | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supplication=Theme | | 3 | **return** | future | people *not said here* | every one | | Judah's evil way | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent one=Theme from way=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** | present | the anger and the fury | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **pronounce** | present · perfect | the LORD | the anger and the fury | | | | against this people | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 6 | **supplicate** | | people | | | | | | nom supplication «communication 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} אוּלַ֞י תִּפֹּ֤ל תְּחִנָּתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֑ה כִּֽי־גָד֤וֹל הָאַף֙ וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃ [Jeremiah 36:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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