--- title: Ezra 7:23 (JPS 1917) — Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly… · tree and pragmatics description: Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? Who acts: God, you, decree, wrath. 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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 (God, you, decree, wrath), 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:183 # text = Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 1 Whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 14 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 29 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | present · passive | the God of heaven | Whatsoever | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | decree | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | infinitive · passive | decree *not said here* | | | | | for the house of the God of heaven | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **be** | should | wrath against the realm of the king and king's sons | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} כָּל־דִּ֗י מִן־טַ֙עַם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א יִתְעֲבֵד֙ אַדְרַזְדָּ֔א לְבֵ֖ית אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֑א דִּֽי־לְמָ֤ה לֶֽהֱוֵא֙ קְצַ֔ף עַל־מַלְכ֥וּת מַלְכָּ֖א וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ [Ezra 7:23: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:183` 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 7:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.182/) - next →: [Ezra 7:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.184/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 7:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.23/)