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title: Ezra 6:3 (JPS 1917) — In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: C… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cub
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# Ezra 6:3 · JPS 1917

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In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

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**Who acts:** Cyrus, house, treasures, foundations · **What happens:** make, let, build, offer, lay · **To what, where:** decree, house, sacrifices, foundations

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This is Ezra 6:3 · 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 (Cyrus, house, treasures, foundations), 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:139
# text = In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Cyrus	Cyrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	Cyrus	Cyrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	parataxis	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	Concerning	concern	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	parataxis	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	builded	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	xcomp	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
33	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	35	advmod	_	_
34	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	offer	offer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
36	sacrifices	sacrifice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	conj	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	foundations	foundation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
42	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
43	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	aux:pass	_	_
44	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	xcomp	_	_
46	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
49	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
50	threescore	threescore	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
51	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod:unmarked	_	_
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	breadth	breadth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
56	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
57	threescore	threescore	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	conj	_	_
58	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nmod:unmarked	_	_
59	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Cyrus | a decree |  |  | year |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decree=Product |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | the house |  |  |  | concern the house of God at Jerusalem | tree rules |
| 3 | **build** | infinitive · passive | the house *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V» |
| 4 | **offer** | present | treasures *= treasure* | sacrifices |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme |
| 5 | **let** | infinitive |  | the foundations |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **lay** | infinitive · passive | the foundations *not said here* |  |  |  |  | strongly *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP» |

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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}

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בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃

[Ezra 6:3: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:139` of Mova's parse database.

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