--- title: Ezra 7:21 (JPS 1917) — And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treas… · tree and pragmatics description: And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence, Who acts: I, treasurers, Ezra. 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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 (I, treasurers, Ezra), 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:181 # text = And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 appos _ _ 6 Artaxerxes Artaxerxes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 treasurers treasurer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 25 whatsoever whatsoever DET WDT _ 42 det _ _ 26 Ezra Ezra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 ccomp _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 51 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · do-support | I | a decree | | | | to all treasurers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decree=Product | | 2 | **is** | present | all treasurers | | | | | beyond the River | tree rules | | 3 | **require** | shall | Ezra | | | | | of you | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 4 | **do** | infinitive · passive | | decree | | | | with all diligence | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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} וּ֠מִנִּי אֲנָ֞ה אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא מַלְכָּא֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְכֹל֙ גִּזַּֽבְרַיָּ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה דִּ֣י כָל־דִּ֣י יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן עֶזְרָ֨א כָהֲנָ֜ה סָפַ֤ר דָּתָא֙ דִּֽי־אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃ [Ezra 7:21: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:181` 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 7:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.180/) - next →: [Ezra 7:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.182/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.21/)