--- title: Ezekiel 34:8 (JPS 1917) — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely forasmuch as My sheep became a… · tree and pragmatics description: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely forasmuch as My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not My sheep; Who acts: I, Lord GOD, sheep, sheph --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.891/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/34/) / [34:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.8/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 34:8 · JPS 1917 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely forasmuch as My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not My sheep; **Who acts:** I, Lord GOD, sheep, shepherds · **What happens:** live, say, become, be, search, feed · **To what, where:** prey, food, shepherd, shepherds, sheep · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezekiel 34:8 · 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, Lord GOD, sheep, shepherds), 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:891 # text = As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely forasmuch as My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not My sheep; 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 GOD GOD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 surely surely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 forasmuch forasmuch ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 advcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 42 cc _ _ 39 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 51 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 50 obj _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 56 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord GOD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **become** | past | My sheep | a prey | | | | surely *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **become** | past | My sheep | food | | | | to all beasts of the field | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | My sheep *not said here* | no shepherd | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **search** | past · do-support | My shepherds | | | | | for My sheep | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for sheep=Theme | | 7 | **feed** | past | the shepherds | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient | | 8 | **not** **feed** | past | the shepherds *not said here* | | My sheep | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Recipient | 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} חַי־אָ֜נִי נְאֻ֣ם ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אִם־לֹ֣א יַ֣עַן הֱיֽוֹת־צֹאנִ֣י ׀ לָבַ֡ז וַתִּֽהְיֶינָה֩ צֹאנִ֨י לְאָכְלָ֜ה לְכָל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ מֵאֵ֣ין רֹעֶ֔ה וְלֹֽא־דָרְשׁ֥וּ רֹעַ֖י אֶת־צֹאנִ֑י וַיִּרְע֤וּ הָֽרֹעִים֙ אוֹתָ֔ם וְאֶת־צֹאנִ֖י לֹ֥א רָעֽוּ׃ס [Ezekiel 34:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:891` 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 34:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.890/) - next →: [Ezekiel 34:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.892/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 34:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.8/)