--- title: Zechariah 4:2 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I have seen, an… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes, yea, seven, to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof; Who acts: angel, thou, I, seven pipes. 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And I said: 'I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes, yea, seven, to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof; **Who acts:** angel, thou, I, seven pipes, lamps · **What happens:** say, see, behold, be · **To what, where:** candlestick · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Zechariah 4:2 · 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 (angel, thou, I, seven pipes), 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:45 # text = And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I said: 'I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes, yea, seven, to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 9 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 behold behold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 candlestick candlestick NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 43 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 46 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 47 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 yea yea INTJ UH _ 52 discourse _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 appos _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 upon upon ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 acl:relcl _ _ 63 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | angel | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | present | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **behold** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a candlestick of all gold | | | | with a bowl upon the top of top and top's seven lamps | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer candlestick=Stimulus | | 6 | **does** | present | seven pipes to the lamps | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | the lamps | | | | | upon the top; 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה וָאֹמַ֡ר רָאִ֣יתִי ׀ וְהִנֵּ֣ה מְנוֹרַת֩ זָהָ֨ב כֻּלָּ֜הּ וְגֻלָּ֣הּעַל־רֹאשָׁ֗הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֤ה נֵרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ שִׁבְעָ֤ה וְשִׁבְעָה֙ מֽוּצָק֔וֹת לַנֵּר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁהּ׃ [Zechariah 4:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:45` 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 4:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.44/) - next →: [Zechariah 4:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.46/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.2/)