--- title: Ezra 7:25 (JPS 1917) — And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, app… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not. Who acts: wisdom, thou, magistrates, people. 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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 (wisdom, thou, magistrates, people), 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:185 # text = And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Ezra Ezra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 18 appoint appoint VERB VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 magistrates magistrate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 36 such such ADV JJ _ 38 case _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 teach teach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 knoweth know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the wisdom of thy God | | | thy hand | | | tree rules | | 2 | **appoint** | present | thou | magistrates and judges | | | after the wisdom of thy God | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magistrate=Theme | | 3 | **judge** | may | magistrates and judges | all people | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent people=Value | | 4 | **is** | present | all people | | | | | beyond the River | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | present | all people *not said here* | the laws of thy God | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer law=Stimulus | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive | ye | | God | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **not** **know** | present | | people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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} וְאַ֣נְתְּ עֶזְרָ֗א כְּחָכְמַ֨ת אֱלָהָ֤ךְ דִּֽי־בִידָךְ֙ מֶ֣נִּי שָׁפְטִ֞ין וְדַיָּנִ֗ין דִּי־לֶהֱוֺ֤ן דָּאיְנִין֙ לְכָל־עַמָּה֙ דִּ֚י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔ה לְכָל־יָדְעֵ֖י דָּתֵ֣י אֱלָהָ֑ךְ וְדִ֧י לָ֦א יָדַ֖ע תְּהוֹדְעֽוּן׃ [Ezra 7:25: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:185` 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 7:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.184/) - next →: [Ezra 7:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.186/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.25/)