--- title: Ezra 5:8 (JPS 1917) — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah,… · tree and pragmatics description: Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands. Who acts: we, work. 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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 (we, work), 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:127 # text = Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands. 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 builded build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 prospereth prosper VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | infinitive · passive | | letter | | | | unto the king | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | we | | | the province of Judah | | to the house of the great God | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into province=Initial\_Location to house=Destination | | 3 | **build** | present · passive | | the great God | | | | with great stones | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme with stone=Source | | 4 | **lay** | present · passive | | timber | | the walls | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in wall=Destination | | 5 | **go on** | present | this work | | | | | with diligence | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **prosper** | present | this work *not said here* | | | Tattenai's hands | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | 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} יְדִ֣יעַ ׀ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֗א דִּֽי־אֲזַ֜לְנָא לִיה֤וּד מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ לְבֵית֙ אֱלָהָ֣א רַבָּ֔א וְה֤וּא מִתְבְּנֵא֙ אֶ֣בֶן גְּלָ֔ל וְאָ֖ע מִתְּשָׂ֣ם בְּכֻתְלַיָּ֑א וַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּא דָ֛ךְ אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא מִתְעַבְדָ֖א וּמַצְלַ֥ח בְּיֶדְהֹֽם׃ס [Ezra 5:8: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:127` 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 5:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.126/) - next →: [Ezra 5:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.128/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.8/)