--- title: Zechariah 2:6 (JPS 1917) — Then said I: 'Whither goest thou?' And he said unto me: 'To measure… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said I: 'Whither goest thou?' And he said unto me: 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.' Who acts: I, thou, man, breadth. 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And he said unto me: 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.' **Who acts:** I, thou, man, breadth · **What happens:** say, go, measure, see, be · **To what, where:** Jerusalem, breadth, length · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Zechariah 2:6 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, thou, man, breadth), 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:22 # text = Then said I: 'Whither goest thou?' And he said unto me: 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 18 To to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 measure measure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 csubj _ _ 20 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ _ 28 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 35 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=wh, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | present | thou | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **measure** | to-infinitive | | Jerusalem | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme jerusalem=Value | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | present | | the breadth and the length | | | | thereof *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | the breadth and the length | the length | | | | thereof *property* | 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} וָאֹמַ֕ר אָ֖נָה אַתָּ֣ה הֹלֵ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י לָמֹד֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִרְא֥וֹת כַּמָּֽה־רָחְבָּ֖הּ וְכַמָּ֥ה אָרְכָּֽהּ׃ [Zechariah 2:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.2.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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