--- title: Jeremiah 31:10 (JPS 1917) — Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles… · tree and pragmatics description: Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say: 'He that scattered Israel doth gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.' Who acts: you, 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 (you, 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:842 # text = Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say: 'He that scattered Israel doth gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.' 1 Hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 O o INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 9 ye ye DET PRP Number=Plur|PronType=Prs 10 det _ _ 10 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 vocative _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 declare declare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 isles isle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 afar afar ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 off off ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 scattered scatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | imperative | you *not said here* | the word of the LORD | | | | ye nations *vocative* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | word | | the isles | | off *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **scatter** | past | | | Israel | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent israel=Destination | | 5 | **gather** | present · do-support | LORD | Israel | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **keep** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | Israel | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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} שִׁמְע֤וּ דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם וְהַגִּ֥ידוּ בָאִיִּ֖ים מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְאִמְר֗וּ מְזָרֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּ וּשְׁמָר֖וֹ כְּרֹעֶ֥ה עֶדְרֽוֹ׃ [Jeremiah 31:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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