--- title: Jeremiah 50:6 (JPS 1917) — My people hath been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to… · tree and pragmatics description: My people hath been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-place. Who acts: people, shepherds. 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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 (people, 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:JER:1336 # text = My people hath been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-place. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 5 lost lost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 astray astray ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 resting resting NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present · perfect | My people | lost sheep | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cause** | present · perfect | people's shepherds | people | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | astray *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **turn away** | present · perfect | shepherds *= shepherd* | people | | the mountains | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **go** | present · perfect | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | mountain | | to hill | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location to hill=Destination | | 6 | **forget** | present · perfect | shepherds *= shepherd* | shepherds's resting place | | | | | tree rules | 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} צֹ֤אן אֹֽבְדוֹת֙ הָי֣וּ עַמִּ֔י רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם הִתְע֔וּם הָרִ֖ים שֽׁוֹבְב֑וּם מֵהַ֤ר אֶל־גִּבְעָה֙ הָלָ֔כוּ שָׁכְח֖וּ רִבְצָֽם׃ [Jeremiah 50:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1336` 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: [Jeremiah 50:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1335/) - next →: [Jeremiah 50:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1337/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 50:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.6/)