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title: Ezra 6:8 (JPS 1917) — Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders… · tree and pragmatics
description: Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered. Who acts: I, ye. Ezra 6:8 in JPS 191
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# Ezra 6:8 · JPS 1917

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Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

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**Who acts:** I, ye · **What happens:** make, do, give, not hinder · **To what, where:** decree, that, expenses

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This is Ezra 6:8 · 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 (I, ye), 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:144
# text = Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.
1	Moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	concerning	concern	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nsubj	_	_
9	shall	shall	AUX	MD	_	10	aux	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
26	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	_
30	's	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	26	nmod	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	even	even	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
37	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
41	expenses	expense	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
42	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	46	det	_	_
46	diligence	diligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	49	det	_	_
49	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
52	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	be	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux:pass	_	_
54	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	55	advmod	_	_
55	hindered	hinder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	advcl	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: other
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=other

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | I | a decree |  |  |  | moreover *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decree=Product |
| 2 | **do** | shall | ye | a decree |  |  |  | to this elders of the Jews; for the building of this house of God | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **give** | infinitive · passive |  | that |  |  |  | with all diligence; unto this men | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **hinder** | present · passive |  | expenses *= expense* |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ לְמָ֣א דִֽי־תַֽעַבְד֗וּן עִם־שָׂבֵ֤י יְהוּדָיֵא֙ אִלֵּ֔ךְ לְמִבְנֵ֖א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ וּמִנִּכְסֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֗א דִּ֚י מִדַּת֙ עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔ה אָסְפַּ֗רְנָא נִפְקְתָ֛א תֶּהֱוֵ֧א מִֽתְיַהֲבָ֛א לְגֻבְרַיָּ֥א אִלֵּ֖ךְ דִּי־לָ֥א לְבַטָּלָֽא׃

[Ezra 6:8: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.8/)

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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:144` of Mova's parse database.

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