Jeremiah 23:33 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the LORD?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden!
Who acts: people, thou · What happens: ask, say, be · To what, where: thee, burden · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Jeremiah 23:33 · 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 (people, 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ask | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 ask | mark |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 people | det |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 prophet | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 prophet | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prophet | det |
| 8 | prophet | prophet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 people | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 priest | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 priest | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 priest | det |
| 12 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 people | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 people | punct |
| 14 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 ask | aux |
| 15 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 16 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 ask | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 saying | punct |
| 18 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 ask | advcl |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 burden | punct |
| 20 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 burden | punct |
| 21 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 burden | nsubj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 burden | cop |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 burden | det |
| 24 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 saying | ccomp |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 LORD | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 LORD | det |
| 27 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 burden | nmod |
| 28 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 24 burden | punct |
| 29 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 burden | punct |
| 30 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 say | advmod |
| 31 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 33 say | aux |
| 32 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 33 say | nsubj |
| 33 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 ask | parataxis |
| 34 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 35 them | case |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 say | obl |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 burden | punct |
| 37 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 39 burden | punct |
| 38 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 39 burden | det |
| 39 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 say | ccomp |
| 40 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 39 burden | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- exclamation
- act
- express
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed act=express
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | shall | this people or the prophet or a priest | thee | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | this people or the prophet or a priest not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | the burden | of the LORD | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | shall | thou | then | unto people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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
וְכִי־יִשְׁאָלְךָ֩ הָעָ֨ם הַזֶּ֜ה אֽוֹ־הַנָּבִ֤יא אֽוֹ־כֹהֵן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַה־מַשָּׂ֖א יְהוָ֑ה וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־מַה־מַשָּׂ֔א וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃
Jeremiah 23:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the LORD?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden!
- I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:JER:653 of Mova's parse database.
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