--- title: Zechariah 11:12 (JPS 1917) — And I said unto them: 'If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not… · tree and pragmatics description: And I said unto them: 'If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear.' So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver. Who acts: I, ye, peoples. 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So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver. **Who acts:** I, ye, peoples · **What happens:** say, think, give, forbear, weigh · **To what, where:** hire, me, thirty pieces · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Zechariah 11:12 · 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 (I, ye, peoples), 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:167 # text = And I said unto them: 'If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear.' So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 8 If if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 not not ADV RB Polarity=Neg 22 advcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 23 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 25 So so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 weighed weigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | unto peoples *= people* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | | | | good *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | | my hire | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient hire=Theme | | 4 | **forbear** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **weigh** | past | peoples *= people* | thirty pieces of silver | | | | for my hire | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme piece=Value | 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} וָאֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם אִם־ט֧וֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֛ם הָב֥וּ שְׂכָרִ֖י וְאִם־לֹ֣א ׀ חֲדָ֑לוּ וַיִּשְׁקְל֥וּ אֶת־שְׂכָרִ֖י שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים כָּֽסֶף׃ [Zechariah 11:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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