--- title: Ezra 6:21 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Israel, that were come back out of the captivity… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Israel, that were come back out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, did eat, Who acts: children. 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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), 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:159 # text = And the children of Israel, that were come back out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, did eat, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 3 conj _ _ 18 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 filthiness filthiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 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 | **come back** | past · passive | | the children of Israel | | the captivity | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **separate** | past · perfect | | children *= child* | | | | unto children *= child*; from the filthiness of the nations of the land | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient from filthiness=Co-Patient | | 3 | **seek** | to-infinitive | | the LORD | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | past · do-support | the children of Israel | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הַשָּׁבִים֙ מֵֽהַגּוֹלָ֔ה וְכֹ֗ל הַנִּבְדָּ֛ל מִטֻּמְאַ֥ת גּוֹיֵֽ־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם לִדְרֹ֕שׁ לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Ezra 6:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:159` 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 6:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.158/) - next →: [Ezra 6:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.160/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.21/)