Jeremiah 40:15 · JPS 1917
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying: 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it; wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?'
Who acts: Johanan, me, I, man, Gedaliah, remnant · What happens: speak, say, let, go, pray, slay · To what, where: Gedaliah, Mizpah, me, thee, Ishmael, life · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Jeremiah 40:15 · 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 (Johanan, me, I, man), 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 | 7 spoke | advmod |
| 2 | Johanan | Johanan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 spoke | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Johanan | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Kareah | case |
| 6 | Kareah | Kareah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| 7 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Gedaliah | case |
| 9 | Gedaliah | Gedaliah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 spoke | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Mizpah | case |
| 11 | Mizpah | Mizpah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 spoke | obl |
| 12 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 7 spoke | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 saying | punct |
| 14 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 spoke | advcl |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 Let | punct |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 Let | punct |
| 17 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 saying | ccomp |
| 18 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 Let | obj |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 Let | xcomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 pray | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 pray | nsubj |
| 22 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 Let | parataxis |
| 23 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 pray | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 slay | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 slay | cc |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 slay | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 slay | aux |
| 28 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 Let | conj |
| 29 | Ishmael | Ishmael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 slay | obj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 son | det |
| 31 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Ishmael | appos |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Nethaniah | case |
| 33 | Nethaniah | Nethaniah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 son | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 know | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 know | cc |
| 36 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 37 man | det |
| 37 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 know | nsubj |
| 38 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 know | aux |
| 39 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 slay | conj |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 know | obj |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 take | punct |
| 42 | wherefore | wherefore | ADV | PronType=Int | 45 take | advmod |
| 43 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 take | aux |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 take | nsubj |
| 45 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 slay | parataxis |
| 46 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 47 life | nmod:poss |
| 47 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 take | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 scattered | punct |
| 49 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 60 scattered | mark |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 52 Jews | det:predet |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Jews | det |
| 52 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 60 scattered | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 gathered | nsubj:pass |
| 54 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 gathered | aux:pass |
| 55 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 Jews | acl:relcl |
| 56 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 57 thee | case |
| 57 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 55 gathered | obl |
| 58 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 scattered | aux |
| 59 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 60 scattered | aux:pass |
| 60 | scattered | scatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 take | advcl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 perish | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 perish | cc |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 remnant | det |
| 64 | remnant | remnant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 perish | nsubj |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 Judah | case |
| 66 | Judah | Judah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 remnant | nmod |
| 67 | perish | perish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 scattered | conj |
| 68 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 spoke | punct |
| 69 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 spoke | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | Johanan | Gedaliah | Mizpah | then | secretly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to gedaliah=Co-Agent | |
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Johanan not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go | infinitive | me not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | slay | future | I | Ishmael | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ishmael=Patient | ||||
| 7 | know | shall | no man | life | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | take | should | Gedaliah | thy life | wherefore property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | |||
| 9 | gather | present · passive | all Jews | unto thee | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 10 | scatter | should · passive | all Jews | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 11 | perish | infinitive | the remnant of Judah | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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
וְיוֹחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־קָרֵ֡חַ אָמַ֣ר אֶל־גְּדַלְיָהוּ֩ בַסֵּ֨תֶר בַּמִּצְפָּ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר אֵ֤לְכָה נָּא֙ וְאַכֶּה֙ אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֔ה וְאִ֖ישׁ לֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע לָ֧מָּה יַכֶּ֣כָּה נֶּ֗פֶשׁ וְנָפֹ֙צוּ֙ כָּל־יְהוּדָ֔ה הַנִּקְבָּצִ֣ים אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְאָבְדָ֖ה שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃
Jeremiah 40:15: 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:1108 of Mova's parse database.
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