--- title: Zechariah 4:10 (JPS 1917) — For who hath despised the day of small things? even they shall see w… · tree and pragmatics description: For who hath despised the day of small things? even they shall see with joy the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, even these seven, which are the eyes of the LORD, that run to and fro through the whole earth.' Who acts: hands, eyes. 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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 (hands, eyes), 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:53 # text = For who hath despised the day of small things? even they shall see with joy the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, even these seven, which are the eyes of the LORD, that run to and fro through the whole earth.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 plummet plummet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Zerubbabel Zerubbabel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 appos _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fro fro ADV RB _ 39 conj _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despise** | present · perfect | | | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | shall | hands *= hand* | the plummet | | the hand of Zerubbabel | | with joy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plummet=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | present | | the eyes | | | | of the LORD | tree rules | | 4 | **run** | present | the eyes | | | the whole earth | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through earth=Trajectory | 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} כִּ֣י מִ֣י בַז֮ לְי֣וֹם קְטַנּוֹת֒ וְשָׂמְח֗וּ וְרָא֞וּ אֶת־הָאֶ֧בֶן הַבְּדִ֛יל בְּיַ֥ד זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל שִׁבְעָה־אֵ֑לֶּה עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה הֵ֥מָּה מְשׁוֹטְטִ֖ים בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Zechariah 4:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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