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title: Ezekiel 34:16 (JPS 1917) — I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was… · tree and pragmatics
description: I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice. Who acts: I, fat. Ezekiel 34:16 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tr
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# Ezekiel 34:16 · JPS 1917

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I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice.

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**Who acts:** I, fat · **What happens:** seek, lose, bring back, drive away, bind up, break · **To what, where:** that, fat, sheep, justice

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This is Ezekiel 34:16 · 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, fat), 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:899
# text = I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	_	3	aux	_	_
3	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	_	11	aux	_	_
11	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	obj	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	will	will	AUX	MD	_	21	aux	_	_
21	bind	bind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
22	up	up	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	obj	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	will	will	AUX	MD	_	30	aux	_	_
30	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	obj	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
34	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	conj	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	will	will	AUX	MD	_	44	aux	_	_
44	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	acl:relcl	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
46	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	will	will	AUX	MD	_	48	aux	_	_
48	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
49	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | future | I | that |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bring back** | future | I *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 4 | **drive away** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Trajectory |
| 5 | **bind up** | future | I *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 6 | **break** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 7 | **strengthen** | future | I *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 8 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **destroy** | future | I | the fat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient |
| 10 | **feed** | future | the fat | sheep |  | justice |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Value in justice=Location |

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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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אֶת־הָאֹבֶ֤דֶת אֲבַקֵּשׁ֙ וְאֶת־הַנִּדַּ֣חַת אָשִׁ֔יב וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֣רֶת אֶחֱבֹ֔שׁ וְאֶת־הַחוֹלָ֖ה אֲחַזֵּ֑ק וְאֶת־הַשְּׁמֵנָ֧ה וְאֶת־הַחֲזָקָ֛ה אַשְׁמִ֖יד אֶרְעֶ֥נָּה בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃

[Ezekiel 34:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.16/)

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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:899` of Mova's parse database.

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