--- title: Jeremiah 23:2 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shephe… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed My people: Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not taken care of them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. Who acts: LORD, shepherds, Ye, 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 (LORD, shepherds, Ye, 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:617 # text = Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed My people: Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not taken care of them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 23 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 35 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 behold behold INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 44 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | against the shepherds; therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **feed** | present | the shepherds | | My people | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 3 | **scatter** | present · perfect | Ye | My flock | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flock=Theme | | 4 | **drive away** | participle | Ye *not said here* | people | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | | 5 | **not** **take** | present · perfect | Ye *not said here* | care | | | | of shepherds *= shepherd* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of they=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **visit** | future | I | the evil of your doings | | | | upon you | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Co-Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַֽל־הָרֹעִים֮ הָרֹעִ֣ים אֶת־עַמִּי֒ אַתֶּ֞ם הֲפִצֹתֶ֤ם אֶת־צֹאנִי֙ וַתַּדִּח֔וּם וְלֹ֥א פְקַדְתֶּ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם הִנְנִ֨י פֹקֵ֧ד עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ [Jeremiah 23:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:617` 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 23:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.616/) - next →: [Jeremiah 23:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.618/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.2/)