--- title: Jeremiah 51:23 (JPS 1917) — And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with th… · tree and pragmatics description: And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies. Who acts: I. 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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 (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:JER:1400 # text = And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obl _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shatter shatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 shatter shatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 husbandman husbandman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 yoke yoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obl _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shatter shatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 33 governors governor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 deputies deputy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shatter** | future | I | the shepherd and maid's flock | | | | with thee | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent shepherd=Patient with thou=Instrument | | 2 | **shatter** | future | I | the husbandman and maid's yoke of oxen | | | | with thee | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent husbandman=Patient with thou=Instrument | | 3 | **shatter** | future | I | governors and deputies | | | | with thee | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent governor=Patient with thou=Instrument | 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} וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤י בְךָ֙ רֹעֶ֣ה וְעֶדְר֔וֹ וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥י בְךָ֖ אִכָּ֣ר וְצִמְדּ֑וֹ וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣י בְךָ֔ פַּח֖וֹת וּסְגָנִֽים׃ [Jeremiah 51:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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