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title: Zechariah 8:13 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing; fear not, but let your hands be strong. Who acts: ye, I, hands. Zechariah 8:13 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every 
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# Zechariah 8:13 · JPS 1917

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And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing; fear not, but let your hands be strong.

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**Who acts:** ye, I, hands · **What happens:** come, pass, be, save, not fear, let · **To what, where:** peace, curse, you, blessing, hands

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This is Zechariah 8:13 · 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 (ye, I, hands), 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:113
# text = And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing; fear not, but let your hands be strong.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	advcl	_	_
14	among	among	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	19	discourse	_	_
19	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	so	so	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
28	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
31	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
34	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nsubj	_	_
35	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	cop	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
40	fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	parataxis	_	_
41	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	40	advmod	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	_
45	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	_	_
47	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	cop	_	_
48	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	xcomp	_	_
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | shall |  | peace |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past | ye | a curse |  |  |  | among the nations | tree rules |
| 4 | **save** | future | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | shall | ye | a blessing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **fear** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **let** | infinitive |  | your hands |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 8 | **is** | infinitive | your hands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

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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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וְהָיָ֡ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ הֱיִיתֶ֨ם קְלָלָ֜ה בַּגּוֹיִ֗ם בֵּ֤ית יְהוּדָה֙ וּבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֵּ֚ן אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וִהְיִיתֶ֖ם בְּרָכָ֑ה אַל־תִּירָ֖אוּ תֶּחֱזַ֥קְנָה יְדֵיכֶֽם׃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:113` of Mova's parse database.

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