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title: Ezekiel 34:12 (JPS 1917) — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his… · tree and pragmatics
description: As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness. Who acts: shepherd, GOD, I. Ezekiel 34:12 in JPS 1917 with it
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# Ezekiel 34:12 · JPS 1917

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As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.

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**Who acts:** shepherd, GOD, I · **What happens:** seek out, be, separate, deliver, scatter · **To what, where:** flock, sheep, places, shepherds

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This is Ezekiel 34:12 · 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 (shepherd, GOD, I), 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:895
# text = As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seeketh	seek	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	that	that	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	among	among	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	acl:relcl	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	separated	separate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
25	out	out	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
26	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
33	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	out	out	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	37	det	_	_
37	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
38	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	42	advmod	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	acl:relcl	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=promise

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek out** | present | a shepherd | GOD's flock |  |  | day |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | GOD |  |  |  |  | among GOD's sheep; that *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **separate** | present · passive |  | GOD's sheep |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **seek out** | future | I | My sheep |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme |
| 5 | **deliver** | future | I | sheep |  | all places |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out place=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **scatter** | present · perfect · passive |  | shepherds *= shepherd* |  |  | day | whither *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

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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}

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כְּבַקָּרַת֩ רֹעֶ֨ה עֶדְר֜וֹ בְּיוֹם־הֱיוֹת֤וֹ בְתוֹךְ־צֹאנוֹ֙ נִפְרָשׁ֔וֹת כֵּ֖ן אֲבַקֵּ֣ר אֶת־צֹאנִ֑י וְהִצַּלְתִּ֣י אֶתְהֶ֗ם מִכָּל־הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָפֹ֣צוּ שָׁ֔ם בְּי֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃

[Ezekiel 34:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.12/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZK:895` of Mova's parse database.

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