--- title: Jeremiah 36:9 (JPS 1917) — Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah… · tree and pragmatics description: Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD, all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. Who acts: house, anger, people. 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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 (house, anger, people), 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:996 # text = Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD, all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 1 Now now ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Jehoiakim Jehoiakim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Josiah Josiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 ninth ninth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fast fast NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | house | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | house *not said here* | | | | year | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **proclaim** | past | anger | a fast | | | before the LORD; month | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent fast=Theme people=Attribute | | 4 | **come** | past | all people | | | the cities of Judah | | unto Jerusalem | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from city=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיְהִ֣י בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַ֠חֲמִשִׁית לִיהוֹיָקִ֨ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֤הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִ֔י קָרְא֨וּ צ֜וֹם לִפְנֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה כָּל־הָעָ֖ם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְכָל־הָעָ֗ם הַבָּאִ֛ים מֵעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 36:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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