Jeremiah 6:16 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
Thus saith the LORD: Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Who acts: LORD, ye · What happens: say, stand, see, ask, walk, be · To what, where: ways, good therein, rest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Jeremiah 6:16 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 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 (LORD, ye), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 2 saith | advmod |
| 2 | saith | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 LORD | det |
| 4 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 saith | nsubj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Stand | punct |
| 6 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 saith | ccomp |
| 7 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 Stand | nsubj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 ways | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ways | det |
| 10 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Stand | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 see | cc |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 Stand | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ask | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ask | cc |
| 15 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 Stand | conj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 paths | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 paths | det |
| 18 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 paths | amod |
| 19 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 ask | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 way | punct |
| 21 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 29 therein | advmod |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 therein | cop |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 therein | det |
| 24 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 therein | amod |
| 25 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 therein | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 walk | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 walk | cc |
| 28 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 Stand | conj |
| 29 | therein | therein | NOUN | _ | 28 walk | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 find | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 find | cc |
| 32 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 find | nsubj |
| 33 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 find | aux |
| 34 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 Stand | conj |
| 35 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 find | obj |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 souls | case |
| 37 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 souls | nmod:poss |
| 38 | souls | soul | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 find | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saith | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the LORD | thus property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | stand | infinitive | ye | the ways | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location | ||||
| 3 | see | infinitive | ye not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | ye not said here | for the old paths | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | walk | infinitive | ye not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | is a | present | the good therein | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | find | shall | ye | rest | for your souls | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent rest=Theme for soul=Beneficiary |
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
כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה עִמְדוּ֩ עַל־דְּרָכִ֨ים וּרְא֜וּ וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ ׀ לִנְתִב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֗ם אֵי־זֶ֨ה דֶ֤רֶךְ הַטּוֹב֙ וּלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ וּמִצְא֥וּ מַרְגּ֖וֹעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נֵלֵֽךְ׃
Jeremiah 6:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- Thus saith the LORD: Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
- But they said: 'We will not walk therein.'
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:JER:185 of Mova's parse database.
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