--- title: Ezra 6:11 (JPS 1917) — Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let… · tree and pragmatics description: Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this; Who acts: I, whosoever, beam, God. 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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 (I, whosoever, beam, God), 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:147 # text = Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this; 1 Also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 alter alter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 csubj _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 xcomp _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 33 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 dunghill dunghill NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect | I | a decree | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **alter** | shall | whosoever | this word | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a beam | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pull out** | infinitive · passive | a beam *not said here* | | | God's house | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | God | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lift up** | infinitive · passive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **fasten** | participle | God *not said here* | | | | | thereon *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | God's house | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | infinitive · passive | God's house *not said here* | a dunghill | | | | for this | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: dunghill=Product for this=Asset | 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} וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֗שׁ דִּ֤י יְהַשְׁנֵא֙ פִּתְגָמָ֣א דְנָ֔ה יִתְנְסַ֥ח אָע֙ מִן־בַּיְתֵ֔הּ וּזְקִ֖יף יִתְמְחֵ֣א עֲלֹ֑הִי וּבַיְתֵ֛הּ נְוָל֥וּ יִתְעֲבֵ֖ד עַל־דְּנָֽה׃ [Ezra 6:11: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:147` 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 6:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.146/) - next →: [Ezra 6:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.148/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.11/)