--- title: Zechariah 5:2 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I answered: 'I see a fly… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I answered: 'I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.' Who acts: he, I, length. 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And I answered: 'I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.' **Who acts:** he, I, length · **What happens:** say, see, answer, be · **To what, where:** flying roll, twenty cubits · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Zechariah 5:2 · 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 (he, I, length), 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:59 # text = And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I answered: 'I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.' 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 nsubj _ _ 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 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 flying fly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 roll roll NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 34 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 orphan _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=wh, act=ask | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | present | I | a flying roll | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roll=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | present | the length | twenty cubits and the breadth | | | | | 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 וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ מְגִלָּ֣ה עָפָ֔ה אָרְכָּהּ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה וְרָחְבָּ֖הּ עֶ֥שֶׂר בָּאַמָּֽה׃ [Zechariah 5:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.5.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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