--- title: Ezra 6:12 (JPS 1917) — and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow a… · tree and pragmatics description: and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. Who acts: God, name, kings, house. 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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 (God, name, kings, 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:148 # text = and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 13 overthrow overthrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 forth forth ADV RB _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 alter alter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 same same NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, form=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present · perfect | the God | God's name | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | God's name *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **overthrow** | may | the God | all kings and peoples | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put forth** | shall | all kings and peoples | peoples's hand | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 5 | **alter** | to-infinitive | all kings and peoples *not said here* | the same | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent same=Patient | | 6 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | all kings and peoples *not said here* | this house of God | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 7 | **is** | present | this house of God | | | Jerusalem | | | tree rules | | 8 | **name** | | God | | | | | | nom name «communication 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} וֵֽאלָהָ֞א דִּ֣י שַׁכִּ֧ן שְׁמֵ֣הּ תַּמָּ֗ה יְמַגַּ֞ר כָּל־מֶ֤לֶךְ וְעַם֙ דִּ֣י ׀ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְדֵ֗הּ לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה לְחַבָּלָ֛ה בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם אֲנָ֤ה דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ שָׂ֣מֶת טְעֵ֔ם אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃פ [Ezra 6:12: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.12/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem.** 2. [I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.149/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:148` 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 6:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.147/) - next →: [Ezra 6:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.149/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.12/)