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title: Jeremiah 36:10 (JPS 1917) — Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people. Who acts: Baruch. Jeremiah 36:10 in JPS 1917 with its depend
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# Jeremiah 36:10 · JPS 1917

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Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.

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**Who acts:** Baruch · **What happens:** read, word, enter · **To what, where:** words, book, Jeremiah, new gate

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This is Jeremiah 36:10 · 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 (Baruch), 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:997
# text = Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Baruch	Baruch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Jeremiah	Jeremiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Gemariah	Gemariah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Shaphan	Shaphan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	scribe	scribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	at	at	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod:poss	_	_
46	'S	's	PART	POS	_	45	case	_	_
47	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	55	det:predet	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- 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 | **read** | past · do-support | Baruch | the words of Jeremiah |  | the book | then | in the house of the LORD; in the chamber of Gemariah; in the upper court; at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house; in the ears of all people | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent word=Theme at entry=Value |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | Jeremiah |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **enter** |  |  | the new gate of the LORD's house |  |  |  |  | nom entry «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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וַיִּקְרָ֨א בָר֥וּךְ בַּסֵּ֛פֶר אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת גְּמַרְיָהוּ֩ בֶן־שָׁפָ֨ן הַסֹּפֵ֜ר בֶּחָצֵ֣ר הָעֶלְי֗וֹן פֶּ֣תַח שַׁ֤עַר בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ הֶֽחָדָ֔שׁ בְּאָזְנֵ֖י כָּל־הָעָֽם׃

[Jeremiah 36:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.36.10/)

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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:997` of Mova's parse database.

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