--- title: Zechariah 8:3 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: I return unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: I return unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts The holy mountain. 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:ZEC:103 # text = Thus saith the LORD: I return unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts The holy mountain. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 25 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 38 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **return** | present | I | | | | | unto Zion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dwell** | future | I *not said here* | | | the midst of Jerusalem | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | | 4 | **call** | shall · passive | | Jerusalem | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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} כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שַׁ֚בְתִּי אֶל־צִיּ֔וֹן וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּת֣וֹךְ יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְנִקְרְאָ֤ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עִ֣יר־הָֽאֱמֶ֔ת וְהַר־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת הַ֥ר הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ס [Zechariah 8:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.8.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:103` 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: [Zechariah 8:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.102/) - next →: [Zechariah 8:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.104/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.8.3/)