--- title: Zechariah 5:4 (JPS 1917) — I cause it to go forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter… · tree and pragmatics description: I cause it to go forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by My name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.' 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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, roll, LORD, My), 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:61 # text = I cause it to go forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by My name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.' 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 forth forth ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 32 sweareth swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 falsely falsely ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 consume consume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ _ 60 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 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 | **cause** | present | I | roll | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | roll *not said here* | | | | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **enter** | shall | roll | | | the house of the thief and the house of LORD | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **swear** | present | | | | | | by My name; falsely *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **abide** | shall | roll | | | the midst of LORD's house | | | tree rules | | 7 | **consume** | shall | roll *not said here* | roll | | | | with the timber and the stones | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 8 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «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} הוֹצֵאתִ֗יהָ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וּבָ֙אָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַגַּנָּ֔ב וְאֶל־בֵּ֛ית הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥ע בִּשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וְלָ֙נֶה֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ בֵּית֔וֹ וְכִלַּ֖תּוּ וְאֶת־עֵצָ֥יו וְאֶת־אֲבָנָֽיו׃ [Zechariah 5:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.5.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ZEC:61` 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 5:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.60/) - next →: [Zechariah 5:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.62/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.5.4/)