--- title: Zechariah 5:3 (JPS 1917) — Then said he unto me: 'This is the curse that goeth forth over the f… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said he unto me: 'This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land; for every one that stealeth shall be swept away on the one side like it; and every one that sweareth shall be swept away on the other side like it. Who acts: he, This, curse, one. 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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 (he, This, curse, one), 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:60 # text = Then said he unto me: 'This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land; for every one that stealeth shall be swept away on the one side like it; and every one that sweareth shall be swept away on the other side like it. 1 Then then ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 forth forth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stealeth steal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sweareth swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 like like ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | then | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | This | the curse | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | present | the curse | | | the face of the whole land | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over face=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **steal** | present | every one | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sweep away** | shall · passive | | every one | | the one side like side | | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on side=Trajectory | | 6 | **swear** | present | every one | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sweep away** | shall · passive | | every one | | the other side like side | | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on side=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י זֹ֚את הָֽאָלָ֔ה הַיּוֹצֵ֖את עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י כָל־הַגֹּנֵ֗ב מִזֶּה֙ כָּמ֣וֹהָ נִקָּ֔ה וְכָל־הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע מִזֶּ֖ה כָּמ֥וֹהָ נִקָּֽה׃ [Zechariah 5:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.5.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:60` 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 5:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.59/) - next →: [Zechariah 5:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.61/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.5.3/)