--- title: Ezekiel 34:4 (JPS 1917) — The weak have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which… · tree and pragmatics description: The weak have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force have ye ruled over them and with rigour. Who acts: ye. 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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 (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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EZK:887 # text = The weak have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force have ye ruled over them and with rigour. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 weak weak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 strengthened strengthen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obj _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 41 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 obj _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj _ _ 52 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 53 over over ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 rigour rigour NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **strengthen** | present · perfect | ye | the weak | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent weak=Patient | | 2 | **heal** | present · perfect | ye | that | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | sick *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bind up** | present · perfect | ye | that | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 5 | **break** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **bring back** | present · perfect | ye | that | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 7 | **drive away** | past · passive | | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Trajectory | | 8 | **seek** | present · perfect | ye | that | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 9 | **lose** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **rule** | present · perfect | ye | | | | | with force; over weak | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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 {#hebrew} אֶֽת־הַנַּחְלוֹת֩ לֹ֨א חִזַּקְתֶּ֜ם וְאֶת־הַחוֹלָ֣ה לֹֽא־רִפֵּאתֶ֗ם וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א חֲבַשְׁתֶּ֔ם וְאֶת־הַנִּדַּ֙חַת֙ לֹ֣א הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הָאֹבֶ֖דֶת לֹ֣א בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑ם וּבְחָזְקָ֛ה רְדִיתֶ֥ם אֹתָ֖ם וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃ [Ezekiel 34:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:887` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 34:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.886/) - next →: [Ezekiel 34:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.888/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 34:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.4/)