--- title: Zechariah 12:3 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it. Who acts: cup, I. 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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 (cup, I), 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:177 # text = And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 15 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 burden burden VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 sore sore ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 wounded wound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 against against ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | cup | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | cup *not said here* | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | future | I | Jerusalem | | | | for all peoples | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent jerusalem=Product for people=Beneficiary | | 4 | **burden** | present | | peoples *= people* | | | | with cup | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient with it=Theme | | 5 | **wound** | shall · passive | | all | | | | sore *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **gather** | shall · passive | | all nations of the earth | | | | against cup; together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וְהָיָ֣ה בַיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא אָשִׂ֨ים אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם אֶ֤בֶן מַֽעֲמָסָה֙ לְכָל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים כָּל־עֹמְסֶ֖יהָ שָׂר֣וֹט יִשָּׂרֵ֑טוּ וְנֶאֶסְפ֣וּ עָלֶ֔יהָ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Zechariah 12:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:177` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Zechariah 12:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.176/) - next →: [Zechariah 12:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.178/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.3/)