--- title: Nehemiah 2:5 — And I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, and if thy servant… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.' Who acts: I, countenance, servant, thou. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — I, countenance, servant, thou, thy — and what happens in the verse to king, favour, sight, me, countenance, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 13 chapters of Nehemiah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וָאֹמַ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב וְאִם־יִיטַ֥ב עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי אֶל־יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶל־עִ֛יר קִבְר֥וֹת אֲבֹתַ֖י וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ [And I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.17/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:NEH:15 # text = וָאֹמַ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב וְאִם־יִיטַ֥ב עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי אֶל־יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶל־עִ֛יר קִבְר֥וֹת אֲבֹתַ֖י וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃ # verse = NEH.2.5 1-2 וָאֹמַ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:5!1|MId=o160020050011|Strong=2050b 2 אֹמַ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.said|Ref=NEH_2:5!1|MId=o160020050012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-5 לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:5!2|MId=o160020050021|Strong=3807a 4 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:5!2|MId=o160020050021ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=NEH_2:5!2|MId=o160020050022|Strong=4428 6 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=NEH_2:5!3|MId=o160020050031|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 7 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=[is].on|Ref=NEH_2:5!4|MId=o160020050041|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:5!5|MId=o160020050051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=NEH_2:5!5|MId=o160020050052|Strong=4428 10 ט֔וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ Gloss=good|Ref=NEH_2:5!6|MId=o160020050061|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 11-12 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:5!7|MId=o160020050071|Strong=2050b 12 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=NEH_2:5!7|MId=o160020050072|Strong=0518 13 יִיטַ֥ב יָטַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 conj _ Gloss=he.is.good|Ref=NEH_2:5!8|MId=o160020050081|Strong=3190|Frame=A0:160020050091;|Type=yiqtol 14-15 עַבְדְּךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Gloss=servant|Ref=NEH_2:5!9|MId=o160020050091|Strong=5650 15 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_2:5!9|MId=o160020050092|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 16-18 לְפָנֶ֑יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=NEH_2:5!10|MId=o160020050101|Strong=3807a 17 פָנֶ֑י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 13 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_2:5!10|MId=o160020050102|Strong=6440 18 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_2:5!10|MId=o160020050103|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 19 אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=NEH_2:5!11|MId=o160020050111|Strong=0834|Type=relative 20-21 תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 תִּשְׁלָח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_2:5!12|MId=o160020050121|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:160020050052;A1:160020050122;|Type=yiqtol 21 ֵ֣נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ Gloss=will.send.me|Ref=NEH_2:5!12|MId=o160020050122|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 22 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:5!13|MId=o160020050131|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 23 יְהוּדָ֗ה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 20 obl _ Gloss=Judah|Ref=NEH_2:5!14|MId=o160020050141|Strong=3063 24 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:5!15|MId=o160020050151|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 25 עִ֛יר עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=the.city|Ref=NEH_2:5!16|MId=o160020050161|Strong=5892 26 קִבְר֥וֹת קֶבֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.tombs|Ref=NEH_2:5!17|MId=o160020050171|Strong=6913 27-28 אֲבֹתַ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 אֲבֹת אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.ancestors|Ref=NEH_2:5!18|MId=o160020050181|Strong=0001 28 ַ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=NEH_2:5!18|MId=o160020050182|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 29-31 וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:5!19|MId=o160020050191|Strong=2050b 30 אֶבְנ בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 20 conj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_2:5!19|MId=o160020050192|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:160020050091;A1:160020050193;|Type=yiqtol 31 ֶֽנָּה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ Gloss=will.rebuild.it|Ref=NEH_2:5!19|MId=o160020050193|Strong=5089a|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=NEH_2:5!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - indirect: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֹמַר *I said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִיטַב *he is good* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* | | | | | תִּשְׁלָח *you* | yiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | ֵנִי *will send me* | | | | אֶבְנ *I* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* | ֶֽנָּה *will rebuild it* | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [And I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.17/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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