Jeremiah 1:5 · JPS 1917
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
Who acts: I, thou · What happens: form, know, come, sanctify, appoint · To what, where: thee, belly, womb, prophet
This is Jeremiah 1:5 · 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 (I, thou), 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 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 3 formed | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 formed | nsubj |
| 3 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 knew | advcl |
| 4 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 formed | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 belly | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 belly | det |
| 7 | belly | belly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 formed | obl |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 knew | nsubj |
| 9 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 knew | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sanctified | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 sanctified | cc |
| 13 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 15 camest | mark |
| 14 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 camest | nsubj |
| 15 | camest | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 sanctified | advcl |
| 16 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 15 camest | advmod |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 20 womb | case |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 womb | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 womb | det |
| 20 | womb | womb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 camest | obl |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 sanctified | nsubj |
| 22 | sanctified | sanctify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 knew | conj |
| 23 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 sanctified | obj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 appointed | punct |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 appointed | nsubj |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 appointed | aux |
| 27 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 sanctified | conj |
| 28 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 27 appointed | iobj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 prophet | det |
| 30 | prophet | prophet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 appointed | obj |
| 31 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 33 nations | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 nations | det |
| 33 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 appointed | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | past | I | thee | the belly | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thou=Theme | |||
| 2 | know | past | I | thee | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | come | past | thou | the womb | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out womb=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | sanctify | past | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | appoint | present · perfect | I | a prophet | thee | unto the nations | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme prophet=Attribute |
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
בְּטֶ֨רֶם אֶצָּרְךָ֤ בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ וּבְטֶ֛רֶם תֵּצֵ֥א מֵרֶ֖חֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ נָבִ֥יא לַגּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃
Jeremiah 1:5: 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:4 of Mova's parse database.
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