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title: Zechariah 11:16 (JPS 1917) — For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think… · tree and pragmatics
description: For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are young, nor heal that which is broken; neither will he feed that which standeth still, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will break their hoofs in pieces.' Who acts:
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# Zechariah 11:16 · JPS 1917

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For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are young, nor heal that which is broken; neither will he feed that which standeth still, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will break their hoofs in pieces.'

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**Who acts:** I, shepherd, LORD · **What happens:** raise up, not think, cut off, seek, be, heal · **To what, where:** shepherd, land, those, that, flesh, hoofs

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This is Zechariah 11:16 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, shepherd, 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:ZEC:171
# text = For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are young, nor heal that which is broken; neither will he feed that which standeth still, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will break their hoofs in pieces.'
1	For	for	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	raise	raise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	18	obl	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	off	off	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	28	cc	_	_
27	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
29	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	28	obj	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
31	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
32	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	acl:relcl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	35	cc	_	_
35	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
36	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	obj	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	44	cc	_	_
42	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
45	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	obj	_	_
46	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
47	standeth	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
48	still	still	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	conj	_	_
63	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	hoofs	hoof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obj	_	_
65	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obl	_	_
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
68	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: warn
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=warn

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise up** | future | I | a shepherd |  | the land |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shepherd=Theme in land=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | future | a shepherd |  |  |  |  | of a shepherd | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut off** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 4 | **seek** | future | a shepherd *not said here* | those |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | young *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **heal** | infinitive | a shepherd *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 7 | **break** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 8 | **feed** | future | LORD | that |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient |
| 9 | **stand** | present |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **eat** | future | LORD | the flesh of the fat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient |
| 11 | **break** | future | LORD *not said here* | shepherds's hoofs |  | pieces |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hoof=Patient |

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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}

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כִּ֣י הִנֵּֽה־אָנֹכִי֩ מֵקִ֨ים רֹעֶ֜ה בָּאָ֗רֶץ הַנִּכְחָד֤וֹת לֹֽא־יִפְקֹד֙ הַנַּ֣עַר לֹֽא־יְבַקֵּ֔שׁ וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּ֖רֶת לֹ֣א יְרַפֵּ֑א הַנִּצָּבָה֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכֵּ֔ל וּבְשַׂ֤ר הַבְּרִיאָה֙ יֹאכַ֔ל וּפַרְסֵיהֶ֖ן יְפָרֵֽק׃ס

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:171` of Mova's parse database.

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