--- title: Zechariah 1:17 (JPS 1917) — Again, proclaim, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: My cities sha… · tree and pragmatics description: Again, proclaim, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.' Who acts: you, LORD, cities. 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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 (you, LORD, cities), 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:16 # text = Again, proclaim, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.' 1 Again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 proclaim proclaim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 overflow overflow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 yet yet ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 comfort comfort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 yet yet ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proclaim** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | again | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **overflow** | shall | My cities | | | | again | with prosperity | tree rules | | 5 | **comfort** | shall | the LORD | Zion | | | yet | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus zion=Experiencer | | 6 | **choose** | shall | the LORD *not said here* | Jerusalem | | | yet | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jerusalem=Theme | 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} ע֣וֹד ׀ קְרָ֣א לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת ע֛וֹד תְּפוּצֶ֥ינָה עָרַ֖י מִטּ֑וֹב וְנִחַ֨ם יְהוָ֥ה עוֹד֙ אֶת־צִיּ֔וֹן וּבָחַ֥ר ע֖וֹד בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס [Zechariah 1:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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