--- title: Ezra 5:3 (JPS 1917) — At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the Rive… · tree and pragmatics description: At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this structure?' Who acts: Tattenai. 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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 (Tattenai), 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:122 # text = At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this structure?' 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 Tattenai Tattenai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 Shethar Shethar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 flat _ _ 19 bozenai bozenai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 thus thus ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Who who PRON WP PronType=Int 33 nsubj _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 finish finish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 structure structure NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Tattenai and Shethar and prophets's companions | | prophets *= prophet* | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tattenai and Shethar and prophets's companions *not said here* | | | | | unto prophets *= prophet*; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | past | | a decree | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient decree=Theme | | 4 | **build** | to-infinitive | | this house | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | | 5 | **finish** | to-infinitive | | this structure | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality structure=Eventuality | 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} בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא֩ אֲתָ֨א עֲלֵיה֜וֹן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה וּשְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לְהֹ֔ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לִבְּנֵ֔א וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ס [Ezra 5:3: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:122` 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: [Ezra 5:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.121/) - next →: [Ezra 5:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.123/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.3/)