--- title: Jeremiah 50:17 (JPS 1917) — Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away; first t… · tree and pragmatics description: Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away; first the king of Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Who acts: Israel, lions, king, Nebuchadrezzar king. 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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 (Israel, lions, king, Nebuchadrezzar king), 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:1347 # text = Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away; first the king of Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 1 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 last last ADV RB Degree=Sup 31 advmod _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 26 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **scatter** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | Israel | a scattered sheep | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drive away** | present · perfect | the lions | Israel | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **devour** | present · perfect | the king of Assyria | Israel | | | | first *property* | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **break** | present · perfect | this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon | king's bones | | | | last *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient | 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} שֶׂ֧ה פְזוּרָ֛ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲרָי֣וֹת הִדִּ֑יחוּ הָרִאשׁ֤וֹן אֲכָלוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְזֶ֤ה הָאַחֲרוֹן֙ עִצְּמ֔וֹ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃ס [Jeremiah 50:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:1347` 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 50:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1346/) - next →: [Jeremiah 50:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1348/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 50:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.17/)