--- title: Zechariah 12:8 (JPS 1917) — In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and… · tree and pragmatics description: In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that stumbleth among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as a godlike being, as the angel of the LORD before them. Who acts: LORD, house. 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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 (LORD, house), 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:182 # text = In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that stumbleth among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as a godlike being, as the angel of the LORD before them. 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 7 obl _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stumbleth stumble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 among among ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 godlike godlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 being being NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 47 . . 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 | **defend** | shall | the LORD | the inhabitants of Jerusalem | | | day | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Beneficiary | | 2 | **stumble** | present | | | | | day | among inhabitants *= inhabitant* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Trajectory | | 3 | **is** | shall | LORD | | | | | as David | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | shall | the house of David | | | | before inhabitants *= inhabitant* | as a godlike being; as the angel of the LORD | tree rules | 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} בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יָגֵ֤ן יְהוָה֙ בְּעַד֙ יוֹשֵׁ֣ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְהָיָ֞ה הַנִּכְשָׁ֥ל בָּהֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא כְּדָוִ֑יד וּבֵ֤ית דָּוִיד֙ כֵּֽאלֹהִ֔ים כְּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ [Zechariah 12:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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