--- title: Zechariah 8:9 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built. Who acts: LORD, ye, hands, prophets. 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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, ye, hands, prophets), 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:109 # text = Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built. 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 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 16 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | ye | your hands | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | your hands *not said here* | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | present | | this words | | the mouth of the prophets | day | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent word=Topic from mouth=Source | | 5 | **is** | past | the prophets | | | | in the day | | tree rules | | 6 | **lay** | past · passive | the day *not said here* | the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 7 | **build** | might · passive | | foundation | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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} כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יְדֵיכֶ֔ם הַשֹּֽׁמְעִים֙ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֵ֖ת הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה מִפִּי֙ הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים אֲ֠שֶׁר בְּי֞וֹם יֻסַּ֨ד בֵּית־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת הַהֵיכָ֖ל לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃ [Zechariah 8:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.8.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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