--- title: Zechariah 13:7 (JPS 1917) — Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is nea… · tree and pragmatics description: Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is near unto Me, saith the LORD of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn My hand upon the little ones. Who acts: man, LORD, 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 (man, LORD, 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:195 # text = Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is near unto Me, saith the LORD of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn My hand upon the little ones. 1 Awake awake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 O o INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 4 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 20 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 smite smite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 41 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | infinitive | | | | | | against My shepherd; sword *vocative* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against shepherd=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | the man | | | | | unto Me; near *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **smite** | infinitive | | the shepherd | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shepherd=Experiencer | | 5 | **scatter** | shall · passive | | the sheep | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 6 | **turn** | future | I | My hand | | | | upon the little ones | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=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} חֶ֗רֶב עוּרִ֤י עַל־רֹעִי֙ וְעַל־גֶּ֣בֶר עֲמִיתִ֔י נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת הַ֤ךְ אֶת־הָֽרֹעֶה֙ וּתְפוּצֶ֣יןָ הַצֹּ֔אן וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י יָדִ֖י עַל־הַצֹּעֲרִֽים׃ [Zechariah 13:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.13.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:195` 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 13:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.194/) - next →: [Zechariah 13:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.196/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 13:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.13.7/)