--- title: Ezra 6:18 (JPS 1917) — And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in thei… · tree and pragmatics description: And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. Who acts: children, 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 (children, 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:156 # text = And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 divisions division NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Levites Levite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 courses course NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | children *= child* | the priests and the Levites in children's courses | | | | for the service of God | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent priest=Patient for service=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is** | present | God | | | Jerusalem | | | tree rules | | 3 | **write** | present · passive | | service | | the book of Moses | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | | 4 | **service** | | | God | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ כָהֲנַיָּ֜א בִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹן וְלֵוָיֵא֙ בְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹן עַל־עֲבִידַ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם כִּכְתָ֖ב סְפַ֥ר מֹשֶֽׁה׃פ [Ezra 6:18: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:156` 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 6:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.155/) - next →: [Ezra 6:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.157/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.18/)