--- title: Zechariah 5:9 (JPS 1917) — Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth t… · tree and pragmatics description: Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the heaven. Who acts: I, two women, wind, 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 (I, two women, wind, 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:66 # text = Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the heaven. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 behold behold INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 between between ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift up** | past | I | mine eyes | | | then | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | past | two women | | | there | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the wind | | | eyes's wings | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | eyes *= eye* | wings | | | | like the wings of a stork | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 6 | **lift up** | past | eyes *= eye* | the measure | | the earth and the heaven | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent measure=Theme between earth=Destination | 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} וָאֶשָּׂ֨א עֵינַ֜י וָאֵ֗רֶא וְהִנֵּה֩ שְׁתַּ֨יִם נָשִׁ֤ים יֽוֹצְאוֹת֙ וְר֣וּחַ בְּכַנְפֵיהֶ֔ם וְלָהֵ֥נָּה כְנָפַ֖יִם כְּכַנְפֵ֣י הַחֲסִידָ֑ה וַתִּשֶּׂ֙אנָה֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֵיפָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין הָאָ֖רֶץ וּבֵ֥ין הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ [Zechariah 5:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.5.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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