--- title: Zechariah 13:9 (JPS 1917) — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine th… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say: 'It is My people', and they shall say: 'The LORD is my God.' Who acts: I, parts, gold, LORD. 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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 (I, parts, gold, LORD), 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:197 # text = And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say: 'It is My people', and they shall say: 'The LORD is my God.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 refine refine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 refined refine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 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 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 on on ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 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 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 46 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 48 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 ccomp _ _ 52 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 57 : : PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ _ 59 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 ccomp _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 63 punct _ _ 65 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 63 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | future | I | the third part | | the fire | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 2 | **refine** | future | I *not said here* | parts *= part* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **refine** | present · passive | | silver | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **try** | future | I *not said here* | parts *= part* | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 5 | **try** | present · passive | | gold | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **call on** *speech: assert* | shall | parts *= part* | My name | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | future | I | | parts *= part* | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | present | gold | My people | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | parts *= part* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is a** | present | the LORD | my God | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י אֶת־הַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וּצְרַפְתִּים֙ כִּצְרֹ֣ף אֶת־הַכֶּ֔סֶף וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים כִּבְחֹ֣ן אֶת־הַזָּהָ֑ב ה֣וּא ׀ יִקְרָ֣א בִשְׁמִ֗י וַֽאֲנִי֙ אֶעֱנֶ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ עַמִּ֣י ה֔וּא וְה֥וּא יֹאמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃ס [Zechariah 13:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.13.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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