--- title: Zechariah 4:6 (JPS 1917) — Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying: 'This is the word of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying: 'This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. Who acts: angel, This, 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 (angel, This, 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:49 # text = Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying: 'This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Zerubbabel Zerubbabel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 advcl _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 might might NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | angel | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | angel *not said here* | | | | | unto me | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | angel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | This | the word | | | | of the LORD; unto Zerubbabel | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | This *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD of hosts | | | | | by My spirit | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} וַיַּ֜עַן וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר זֶ֚ה דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א בְחַ֙יִל֙ וְלֹ֣א בְכֹ֔חַ כִּ֣י אִם־בְּרוּחִ֔י אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ [Zechariah 4:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:49` 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 4:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.48/) - next →: [Zechariah 4:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.50/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.6/)