--- title: Ezra 5:17 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in th… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house there, which is at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.' 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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 (it, you, search, treasure house), 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:136 # text = Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house there, which is at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ _ 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ _ 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 so so ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Cyrus Cyrus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ _ 62 concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 case _ _ 63 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 64 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 66 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | | | | to the king; good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | search | | | now | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | infinitive · passive | search *not said here* | | | the king's treasure house | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 4 | **is** | present | the king's treasure house | | | Babylon | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | it | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past · passive | | decree | | | | of Cyrus | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **build** | to-infinitive | | this house of God | | Jerusalem | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **send** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | God's pleasure | us | | | concern this matter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme to we=Destination | | 10 | **concern** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **please** | | God | | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וּכְעַ֞ן הֵ֧ן עַל־מַלְכָּ֣א טָ֗ב יִ֠תְבַּקַּר בְּבֵ֨ית גִּנְזַיָּ֜א דִּי־מַלְכָּ֣א תַמָּה֮ דִּ֣י בְּבָבֶל֒ הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י דִּֽי־מִן־כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְמִבְנֵ֛א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ בִּירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּרְע֥וּת מַלְכָּ֛א עַל־דְּנָ֖ה יִשְׁלַ֥ח עֲלֶֽינָא׃ס [Ezra 5:17: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:136` 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 5:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.135/) - next →: [Ezra 6:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.137/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.17/)