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title: Zechariah 9:9 (JPS 1917) — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem;… · tree and pragmatics
description: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. Who acts: you, king. Zechariah 9:9 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of 
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# Zechariah 9:9 · JPS 1917

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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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**Who acts:** you, king · **What happens:** rejoice, shout, come, be, ride

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This is Zechariah 9:9 · 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 (you, 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:133
# text = Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
1	Rejoice	rejoice	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Zion	Zion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	_
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
16	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	20	discourse	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	cometh	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
21	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	obl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	triumphant	triumphant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	parataxis	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	victorious	victorious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	lowly	lowly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	conj	_	_
35	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	even	even	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
40	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	colt	colt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=imp, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rejoice** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | daughter of Zion *vocative*; greatly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | daughter of Jerusalem *vocative* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | present | thy king |  |  |  |  | unto thee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | king |  |  |  |  | triumphant *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** |  | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **ride** | gerund | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon a ass; upon a colt | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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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גִּילִ֨י מְאֹ֜ד בַּת־צִיּ֗וֹן הָרִ֙יעִי֙ בַּ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם הִנֵּ֤ה מַלְכֵּךְ֙ יָ֣בוֹא לָ֔ךְ צַדִּ֥יק וְנוֹשָׁ֖ע ה֑וּא עָנִי֙ וְרֹכֵ֣ב עַל־חֲמ֔וֹר וְעַל־עַ֖יִר בֶּן־אֲתֹנֽוֹת׃

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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:133` of Mova's parse database.

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