--- title: Ezra 6:22 (JPS 1917) — and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the… · tree and pragmatics description: and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. Who acts: LORD, 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 (LORD, 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:160 # text = and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 unleavened unleavened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 joyful joyful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 strengthen strengthen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | | the feast of unleavened bread | | | day | with joy | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | the LORD | children *= child* | | | | joyful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | | 3 | **turn** | past · perfect | the LORD *not said here* | the heart of the king of Assyria | | | | unto children *= child* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 4 | **strengthen** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | children's hands | | the work of the house of God | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 5 | **work** | | the house of God | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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} וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֧וּ חַג־מַצּ֛וֹת שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה כִּ֣י ׀ שִׂמְּחָ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וְֽהֵסֵ֞ב לֵ֤ב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם לְחַזֵּ֣ק יְדֵיהֶ֔ם בִּמְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ [Ezra 6:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:160` 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 6:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.159/) - next →: [Ezra 7:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.161/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.22/)