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title: Zechariah 12:6 (JPS 1917) — In that day will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among… · tree and pragmatics
description: In that day will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. Who acts: I, chiefs
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# Zechariah 12:6 · JPS 1917

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In that day will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

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**Who acts:** I, chiefs · **What happens:** make, devour, inhabit · **To what, where:** chiefs, peoples, right hand, Jerusalem, own place

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This is Zechariah 12:6 · 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, chiefs), 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:180
# text = In that day will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	among	among	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	like	like	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	among	among	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	sheaves	sheaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	devour	devour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
33	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	det:predet	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
36	round	round	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	about	about	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	on	on	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
49	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
53	again	again	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
56	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	even	even	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future | I | the chiefs of Judah |  |  | day | like a pan of fire among the wood and a torch of fire among sheaves | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Product |
| 2 | **devour** | shall | chiefs *= chief* | all peoples |  | the right hand and the left |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 3 | **inhabit** | shall · passive |  | Jerusalem |  | Jerusalem's own place in Jerusalem | again |  | tree rules |

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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}

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בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא אָשִׂים֩ אֶת־אַלֻּפֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה כְּֽכִיּ֧וֹר אֵ֣שׁ בְּעֵצִ֗ים וּכְלַפִּ֥יד אֵשׁ֙ בְּעָמִ֔יר וְאָ֨כְל֜וּ עַל־יָמִ֧ין וְעַל־שְׂמֹ֛אול אֶת־כָּל־הָעַמִּ֖ים סָבִ֑יב וְיָשְׁבָ֨ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֥ם ע֛וֹד תַּחְתֶּ֖יהָ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ

[Zechariah 12:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.6/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:180` of Mova's parse database.

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