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Jeremiah 5:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2

Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

Who acts: sand, waves · What happens: place, not pass, toss, not prevail, roar · To what, where: sand, everlasting ordinance, waves

This is Jeremiah 5:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (sand, waves), 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

nsubjauxdetobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctdetamodappospunctobjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclpunctccmarkdetnsubjadvmodadvclobjpunctccauxnsubjadvmodconjpunctmarknsubjadvclpunctccauxnsubjadvmodconjcaseoblpunctrootWhoPRONhaveAUXplacedVERBtheDETsandNOUNforADPtheDETboundNOUNofADPtheDETseaNOUN,PUNCTanDETeverlastingADJordinanceNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONitPRONcanAUXnotPARTpassVERB;PUNCTandCCONJthoughSCONJtheDETwavesNOUNthereofADVtossVERBthemselvesPRON,PUNCTyetCCONJcanAUXtheyPRONnotPARTprevailVERB;PUNCTthoughSCONJtheyPRONroarVERB,PUNCTyetCCONJcanAUXtheyPRONnotPARTpassVERBoverADPitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhowhoPRONPronType=Int3 placednsubj
2havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 placedaux
3placedplaceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 sanddet
5sandsandNOUNNumber=Sing3 placedobj
6forforADP_8 boundcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 bounddet
8boundboundNOUNNumber=Sing3 placedobl
9ofofADP_11 seacase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 seadet
11seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing8 boundnmod
12,,PUNCT_15 ordinancepunct
13anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art15 ordinancedet
14everlastingeverlastingADJDegree=Pos15 ordinanceamod
15ordinanceordinanceNOUNNumber=Sing8 boundappos
16,,PUNCT_21 passpunct
17whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel21 passobj
18ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 passnsubj
19cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin21 passaux
20notnotPARTPolarity=Neg21 passadvmod
21passpassVERBVerbForm=Inf15 ordinanceacl:relcl
22;;PUNCT_35 prevailpunct
23andandCCONJ_35 prevailcc
24thoughthoughSCONJ_28 tossmark
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 wavesdet
26waveswaveNOUNNumber=Plur28 tossnsubj
27thereofthereofADV_26 wavesadvmod
28tosstossVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 prevailadvcl
29themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes28 tossobj
30,,PUNCT_35 prevailpunct
31yetyetCCONJ_35 prevailcc
32cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin35 prevailaux
33theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs35 prevailnsubj
34notnotPARTPolarity=Neg35 prevailadvmod
35prevailprevailVERBVerbForm=Inf3 placedconj
36;;PUNCT_39 roarpunct
37thoughthoughSCONJ_39 roarmark
38theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs39 roarnsubj
39roarroarVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin45 passadvcl
40,,PUNCT_45 passpunct
41yetyetCCONJ_45 passcc
42cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin45 passaux
43theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs45 passnsubj
44notnotPARTPolarity=Neg45 passadvmod
45passpassVERBVerbForm=Inf3 placedconj
46overoverADP_47 itcase
47ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 passobl
48..PUNCT_3 placedpunct

Pragmatics

form
yes/no question
act
assert
voice
character
polarity
none
teacher
changed form=q, act=assert, voice=character
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1placepresent · perfectthe sandfor the bound of the seavn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme
2not passcansanda everlasting ordinancevn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Trajectory
3tosspresentthe waveswaves = wavevn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
4not prevailcanwaves = wavevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5roarpresentwaves = wavevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6not passcanwaves = wavesandvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over it=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

הַאוֹתִ֨י לֹא־תִירָ֜אוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אִ֤ם מִפָּנַי֙ לֹ֣א תָחִ֔ילוּ אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי חוֹל֙ גְּב֣וּל לַיָּ֔ם חָק־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יַעַבְרֶ֑נְהוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יוּכָ֔לוּ וְהָמ֥וּ גַלָּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ׃

Jeremiah 5:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →

This verse in JPS 1917:

  1. Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; Will ye not tremble at My presence?
  2. Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:JER:159 of Mova's parse database.

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