--- title: Zechariah 9:15 (JPS 1917) — The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like the basins, like the corners of the altar. Who acts: LORD, hosts. 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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, hosts), 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:139 # text = The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like the basins, like the corners of the altar. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 17 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 sling sling NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 21 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 basins basin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 like like ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defend** | future | the LORD of hosts | hosts *= host* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 2 | **devour** | shall | hosts *= host* | | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tread down** | shall | hosts *= host* *not said here* | the sling stones | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location stone=Theme | | 4 | **drink** | shall | hosts *= host* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | infinitive | hosts *= host* *not said here* | a noise | | | | as wine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 6 | **fill** | shall · passive | | hosts *= host* | | | | like the basins; like the corners of the altar | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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} יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֮ יָגֵ֣ן עֲלֵיהֶם֒ וְאָכְל֗וּ וְכָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אַבְנֵי־קֶ֔לַע וְשָׁת֥וּ הָמ֖וּ כְּמוֹ־יָ֑יִן וּמָֽלְאוּ֙ כַּמִּזְרָ֔ק כְּזָוִיּ֖וֹת מִזְבֵּֽחַ׃ [Zechariah 9:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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