--- title: Zechariah 1:7 (JPS 1917) — Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying — Who acts: eleventh month, word. 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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 (eleventh month, word), 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:6 # text = Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying — 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 twentieth twentieth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 eleventh eleventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 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 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 Shebat Shebat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Darius Darius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Zechariah Zechariah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Berechiah Berechiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Iddo Iddo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 47 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the eleventh month | the month | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the word of the LORD | | | | day; year | unto Zechariah | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the word of the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} בְּיוֹם֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֜ה לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ר חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ שְׁבָ֔ט בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹא הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃ [Zechariah 1:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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