--- title: Zechariah 10:5 (JPS 1917) — And they shall be as mighty men, treading down in the mire of the st… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall be as mighty men, treading down in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded. Who acts: goats, LORD. 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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 (goats, LORD), 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:147 # text = And they shall be as mighty men, treading down in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 treading tread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mire mire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 advcl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 riders rider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 confounded confound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **is a** | shall | goats *= goat* | mighty men | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tread down** | gerund | goats *= goat* *not said here* | | | the mire of the streets | | in the battle; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mire=Trajectory | | 3 | **fight** | shall | goats *= goat* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | with streets *= street* | tree rules | | 5 | **confound** | shall · passive | | the riders on horses | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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} וְהָי֨וּ כְגִבֹּרִ֜ים בּוֹסִ֨ים בְּטִ֤יט חוּצוֹת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְנִ֨לְחֲמ֔וּ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּ֑ם וְהֹבִ֖ישׁוּ רֹכְבֵ֥י סוּסִֽים׃ [Zechariah 10:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.10.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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