--- title: Zechariah 14:2 (JPS 1917) — For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the c… · tree and pragmatics description: For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, but the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Who acts: I, half. 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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, half), 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:199 # text = For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, but the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 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 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 8 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 battle battle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 rifled rifle VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 ravished ravish VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 35 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 36 forth forth ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 residue residue NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 50 off off ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | future | I | all nations | | | | Jerusalem *obl* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Theme | | 2 | **battle** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | shall · passive | | the city | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **rifle** | past · passive | | the houses | | | | | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location | | 5 | **ravish** | past · passive | | the women | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **go** | shall | half of the city | | | captivity | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into captivity=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **not** **cut off** | shall · passive | | the residue of the people | | the city | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from city=Initial\_Location | 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} וְאָסַפְתִּ֨י אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֥ם ׀ אֶֽל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ לַמִּלְחָמָה֒ וְנִלְכְּדָ֣ה הָעִ֗יר וְנָשַׁ֙סּוּ֙ הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים תִּשָּׁכַ֑בְנָה וְיָצָ֞א חֲצִ֤י הָעִיר֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה וְיֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵ֖ת מִן־הָעִֽיר׃ [Zechariah 14:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.14.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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