--- title: Ezra 4:15 (JPS 1917) — that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers; s… · tree and pragmatics description: that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers; so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid wast --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.110/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Ezra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/) / [chapter 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/4/) / [4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.15/) / JPS 1 # Ezra 4:15 · JPS 1917 that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers; so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste. **Who acts:** thou, city, provinces · **What happens:** make, find, know, be, move, lay · **To what, where:** search, book, rebellious city, sedition, city, fathers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezra 4:15 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (thou, city, provinces), 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:EZR:110 # text = that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers; so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste. 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 records record NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 19 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 records record NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 rebellious rebellious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 hurtful hurtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 provinces province NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 49 sedition sedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 within within ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 same same NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 59 det _ _ 59 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux:pass _ _ 61 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 det _ _ 62 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 64 waste waste ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | may · passive | | search | | the book of the records of thy fathers | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **find** | shall | thou | | | the book of the records | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | this city | a rebellious city | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | this city *not said here* | | | | | unto kings and provinces | tree rules | | 6 | **move** | present · perfect | provinces *= province* | sedition | | | | within the same of old time | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sedition=Theme | | 7 | **lay** | past · passive | | this city | | | | for which cause; waste *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for cause=Beneficiary | | 8 | **record** | | | thy fathers | | | | | nom record «communication transitive»: of=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 Aramaic of this verse {#hebrew} דִּ֡י יְבַקַּר֩ בִּֽסְפַר־דָּכְרָ֨נַיָּ֜א דִּ֣י אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ וּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּח בִּסְפַ֣ר דָּכְרָנַיָּא֮ וְתִנְדַּע֒ דִּי֩ קִרְיְתָ֨א דָ֜ךְ קִרְיָ֣א מָֽרָדָ֗א וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת מַלְכִין֙ וּמְדִנָ֔ן וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ עָבְדִ֣ין בְּגַוַּ֔הּ מִן־יוֹמָ֖ת עָלְמָ֑א עַ֨ל־דְּנָ֔ה קִרְיְתָ֥א דָ֖ךְ הָֽחָרְבַֽת׃ [Ezra 4:15: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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