--- title: Haggai 2:23 (JPS 1917) — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel… · tree and pragmatics description: In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.' Who acts: LORD, 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, 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:HAG:39 # text = In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.' 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 5 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 O o INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 17 Zerubbabel Zerubbabel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Shealtiel Shealtiel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 signet signet NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 45 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | future | I | thee | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | future | I *not said here* | thee | | | | as a signet | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thou=Product | | 5 | **choose** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | 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} בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֣וּא נְאֻם־יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֡וֹת אֶ֠קָּחֲךָ זְרֻבָּבֶ֨ל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵ֤ל עַבְדִּי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךָ כַּֽחוֹתָ֑ם כִּֽי־בְךָ֣ בָחַ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ [Haggai 2:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:HAG:39` 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: [Haggai 2:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAG.38/) - next →: [Zechariah 1:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.0/) - ↑ back to [Haggai 2:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.23/)