--- title: Jeremiah 23:4 (JPS 1917) — And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith the LORD. Who acts: I, shepherds, LORD. 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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, shepherds, LORD), 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:619 # text = And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 no no ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 24 cc _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 any any PRON DT PronType=Ind 30 nsubj _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=promise | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set up** | future | I | shepherds | | | | over shepherds *= shepherd* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shepherd=Theme over they=Destination | | 2 | **feed** | shall | shepherds | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **fear** | shall | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **dismay** | infinitive · passive | shepherds *= shepherd* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **lack** | shall · passive | | any | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **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} וַהֲקִמֹתִ֧י עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם רֹעִ֖ים וְרָע֑וּם וְלֹא־יִֽירְא֨וּ ע֧וֹד וְלֹא־יֵחַ֛תּוּ וְלֹ֥א יִפָּקֵ֖דוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס [Jeremiah 23:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JER:619` 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 23:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.618/) - next →: [Jeremiah 23:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.620/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 23:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.4/)