--- title: Zechariah 1:6 (JPS 1917) — But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prop… · tree and pragmatics description: But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? so that they turned and said: Like as the LORD of hosts purposed to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath He dealt with us.' 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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, words, fathers, 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:5 # text = But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? so that they turned and said: Like as the LORD of hosts purposed to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath He dealt with us.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 iobj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 23 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 26 mark _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 Like like SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 purposed purpose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 case _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 48 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 case _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 48 fixed _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=q, act=assert, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | I | My words and My statutes | My servants | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **overtake** | past · do-support | My words and My statutes | your fathers | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** | past | fathers *= father* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fathers *= father* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **purpose** *speech: other* | past | the LORD of hosts | | | | | accord our ways | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | the LORD of hosts *not said here* | | | | | unto us | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **deal** | present · perfect | LORD | | | | | accord our doings; with us | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with we=Theme | | 10 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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} אַ֣ךְ ׀ דְּבָרַ֣י וְחֻקַּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲל֥וֹא הִשִּׂ֖יגוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר זָמַ֜ם יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔נוּ כִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ כֵּ֖ן עָשָׂ֥ה אִתָּֽנוּ׃ס [Zechariah 1:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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