--- title: Zechariah 2:13 (JPS 1917) — For, behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall be a spo… · tree and pragmatics description: For, behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them'; and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. Who acts: I, nations, ye, 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, nations, ye, 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:29 # text = For, behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them'; and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 18 nmod _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | future | I | My hand | | | | over nations *= nation* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme over they=Trajectory | | 2 | **is a** | shall | nations *= nation* | a spoil | | | | to those | tree rules | | 3 | **serve** | past | | nations *= nation* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 4 | **know** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD of hosts | me | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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} כִּ֠י הִנְנִ֨י מֵנִ֤יף אֶת־יָדִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔םוְהָי֥וּ שָׁלָ֖ל לְעַבְדֵיהֶ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃ס [Zechariah 2:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.2.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:29` 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 2:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.28/) - next →: [Zechariah 2:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.30/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.2.13/)