--- title: Zechariah 6:8 (JPS 1917) — Then cried he upon me, and spoke unto me, saying: 'Behold, they that… · tree and pragmatics description: Then cried he upon me, and spoke unto me, saying: 'Behold, they that go toward the north country have eased My spirit in the north country.' Who acts: bay, horses. 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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 (bay, horses), 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:77 # text = Then cried he upon me, and spoke unto me, saying: 'Behold, they that go toward the north country have eased My spirit in the north country.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 cried cry 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 upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 15 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 toward toward ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 eased ease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 26 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | bay | | | | then | upon me | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon i=Location | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | bay *not said here* | | | | | unto me | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | bay *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | present | | | | the north country | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward country=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **ease** | present · perfect | horses *= horse* | My spirit | | the north country | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spirit=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} וַיַּזְעֵ֣ק אֹתִ֔י וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר רְאֵ֗ה הַיּֽוֹצְאִים֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן הֵנִ֥יחוּ אֶת־רוּחִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ צָפֽוֹן׃ס [Zechariah 6:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.6.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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