--- title: Zechariah 13:3 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then hi… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begot him shall say unto him: 'Thou shalt not live, for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD'; and his father and his mother that begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 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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 (fountain, any, father, Thou), 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:191 # text = And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begot him shall say unto him: 'Thou shalt not live, for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD'; and his father and his mother that begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 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 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 yet yet ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 prophesy prophesy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 begot beget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 30 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 31 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 speakest speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 38 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 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 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 begot beget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 thrust thrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 through through ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 60 when when SCONJ WRB _ 62 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 prophesieth prophesy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 advcl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | fountain | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | fountain *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prophesy** | shall | any | | | | yet | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **beget** | past | LORD's father and LORD's mother | LORD | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | LORD's father and LORD's mother | | | | then | unto LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **live** | shall | Thou | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | thou | lies | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **beget** | past | LORD's father and LORD's mother | LORD | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **thrust through** | shall | LORD's father and LORD's mother | LORD | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **prophesy** | present | LORD | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יִנָּבֵ֣א אִישׁ֮ עוֹד֒ וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵ֠לָיו אָבִ֨יו וְאִמּ֤וֹ יֹֽלְדָיו֙ לֹ֣א תִֽחְיֶ֔ה כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ אָבִ֧יהוּ וְאִמּ֛וֹ יֹלְדָ֖יו בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ׃ [Zechariah 13:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.13.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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