--- title: Zechariah 9:5 (JPS 1917) — Ashkelon shall see it, and fear, Gaza also, and shall be sore pained… · tree and pragmatics description: Ashkelon shall see it, and fear, Gaza also, and shall be sore pained, and Ekron, for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. Who acts: Ashkelon, king. 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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 (Ashkelon, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:ZEC:129 # text = Ashkelon shall see it, and fear, Gaza also, and shall be sore pained, and Ekron, for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 1 Ashkelon Ashkelon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Gaza Gaza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 also also ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 sore sore ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 pained pain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 Ekron Ekron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 expectation expectation NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 ashamed ashamed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Gaza Gaza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 Ashkelon Ashkelon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 inhabited inhabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | shall | Ashkelon | power | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **fear** | infinitive | Ashkelon *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **pain** | shall · passive | Ashkelon *not said here* | | | | | sore *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **ashamed** | shall · passive | | Ashkelon's expectation | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **perish** | shall | the king | | | Gaza | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from gaza=Causer | | 6 | **not** **inhabit** | shall · passive | | Ashkelon | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **expect** | | Ashkelon | | | | | | nom expectation «cognition transitive»: poss=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} תֵּרֶ֨א אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וְתִירָ֗א וְעַזָּה֙ וְתָחִ֣יל מְאֹ֔ד וְעֶקְר֖וֹן כִּֽי־הֹבִ֣ישׁ מֶבָּטָ֑הּ וְאָ֤בַד מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֵֽעַזָּ֔ה וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן לֹ֥א תֵשֵֽׁב׃ [Zechariah 9:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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