Jeremiah 50:17 · JPS 1917
Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away; first the king of Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Who acts: Israel, lions, king, Nebuchadrezzar king · What happens: scatter, be, drive away, devour, break · To what, where: scattered sheep, Israel, bones
This is Jeremiah 50:17 · 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 (Israel, lions, king, Nebuchadrezzar king), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sheep | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sheep | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sheep | det |
| 4 | scattered | scatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 sheep | amod |
| 5 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 driven | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lions | det |
| 8 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 driven | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 driven | aux |
| 10 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 sheep | parataxis |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 driven | obj |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 driven | advmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 devoured | punct |
| 14 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 20 devoured | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 king | det |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 devoured | nsubj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Assyria | case |
| 18 | Assyria | Assyria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 king | nmod |
| 19 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 devoured | aux |
| 20 | devoured | devour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 sheep | parataxis |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 devoured | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 broken | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 broken | cc |
| 24 | last | last | ADV | Degree=Sup | 31 broken | advmod |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 king | det |
| 26 | Nebuchadrezzar | Nebuchadrezzar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 king | compound |
| 27 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 broken | nsubj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Babylon | case |
| 29 | Babylon | Babylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 king | nmod |
| 30 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 broken | aux |
| 31 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 devoured | conj |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 bones | nmod:poss |
| 33 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 broken | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sheep | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scatter | participle | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | Israel | a scattered sheep | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | drive away | present · perfect | the lions | Israel | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 4 | devour | present · perfect | the king of Assyria | Israel | first property | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 5 | break | present · perfect | this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon | king's bones | last property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=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
שֶׂ֧ה פְזוּרָ֛ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲרָי֣וֹת הִדִּ֑יחוּ הָרִאשׁ֤וֹן אֲכָלוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְזֶ֤ה הָאַחֲרוֹן֙ עִצְּמ֔וֹ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃ס
Jeremiah 50:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:JER:1347 of Mova's parse database.
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