--- title: Ezra 7:11 (JPS 1917) — Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unt… · tree and pragmatics description: Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of His statutes to Israel: Who acts: this, king. 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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 (this, king), 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:171 # text = Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of His statutes to Israel: 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 copy copy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 Artaxerxes Artaxerxes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Ezra Ezra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 commandments commandment 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 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 : : PUNCT : _ 5 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 | **is a** | present | this | the copy | | | now | of the letter | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | the king | the letter | | | | unto Ezra | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **word** | | | the commandments of the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **command** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom commandment «communication 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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְזֶ֣ה ׀ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַן֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא לְעֶזְרָ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַסֹּפֵ֑ר סֹפֵ֞ר דִּבְרֵ֧י מִצְוֺת־יְהוָ֛ה וְחֻקָּ֖יו עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ [Ezra 7:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:171` 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 7:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.170/) - next →: [Ezra 7:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.172/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.11/)