Jeremiah 38:4 · JPS 1917
Then the princes said unto the king: 'Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them; for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.'
Who acts: princes, we, man, king, men · What happens: say, let, pray, put, weaken, remain · To what, where: man, thee, hands, city, such words, welfare · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Jeremiah 38:4 · 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 (princes, we, man, king), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 said | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princes | det |
| 3 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 Let | punct |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 Let | punct |
| 10 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 man | det |
| 12 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Let | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pray | punct |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 pray | nsubj |
| 15 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Let | parataxis |
| 16 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 pray | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 put | punct |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 put | aux:pass |
| 19 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 Let | xcomp |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 death | case |
| 21 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 put | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 weakeneth | punct |
| 23 | forasmuch | forasmuch | SCONJ | _ | 26 weakeneth | mark |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 23 forasmuch | fixed |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 weakeneth | nsubj |
| 26 | weakeneth | weaken | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Let | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 hands | det |
| 28 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 weakeneth | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 men | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 men | det |
| 31 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 hands | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 war | case |
| 33 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 men | nmod |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 remain | nsubj |
| 35 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 men | acl:relcl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 city | case |
| 37 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 city | det |
| 38 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 remain | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 hands | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 hands | cc |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 hands | det |
| 42 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 hands | conj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 people | case |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 people | det:predet |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 people | det |
| 46 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 hands | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 speaking | punct |
| 48 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 49 speaking | mark |
| 49 | speaking | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 weakeneth | advcl |
| 50 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 words | amod |
| 51 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 speaking | obj |
| 52 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 53 them | case |
| 53 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 speaking | obl |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 seeketh | punct |
| 55 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 58 seeketh | mark |
| 56 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 57 man | det |
| 57 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 seeketh | nsubj |
| 58 | seeketh | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Let | ccomp |
| 59 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 58 seeketh | advmod |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 welfare | det |
| 61 | welfare | welfare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 seeketh | obj |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 people | case |
| 63 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 64 people | det |
| 64 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 welfare | nmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 hurt | punct |
| 66 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 68 hurt | cc |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 hurt | det |
| 68 | hurt | hurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 welfare | conj |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 70 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the princes | then | unto the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | let | infinitive | this man | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pray | present | we | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | put | infinitive · passive | this man not said here | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | ||||
| 5 | weaken | present | king | the hands of the men of war and the hands of all people | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 6 | remain | present | the men of war | this city | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | ||||
| 7 | speak speech: other | gerund | king not said here | such words | unto princes = prince | tree rules | |||
| 8 | not seek | present | this man | the welfare of this people but the hurt | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welfare=Theme |
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
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ הַשָּׂרִ֜ים אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ י֣וּמַת נָא֮ אֶת־הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּה֒ כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֡ן הֽוּא־מְרַפֵּ֡א אֶת־יְדֵי֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הַמִּלְחָמָ֜ה הַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים ׀ בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֗את וְאֵת֙ יְדֵ֣י כָל־הָעָ֔ם לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֣י ׀ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֗ה אֵינֶ֨נּוּ דֹרֵ֧שׁ לְשָׁל֛וֹם לָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כִּ֥י אִם־לְרָעָֽה׃
Jeremiah 38:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:JER:1046 of Mova's parse database.
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