--- title: Ezra 7:27 (JPS 1917) — Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thi… · tree and pragmatics description: Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem; Who acts: LORD. 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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), 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:187 # text = Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem; 1 Blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 1 aux:pass _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 15 such such ADJ PDT _ 17 amod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 beautify beautify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 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 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | | the LORD | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **put** | present · perfect | the LORD | a such thing | | the king's heart | | as this | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme in heart=Destination | | 3 | **beautify** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the house of the LORD | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | Jerusalem | | | tree rules | 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} בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן כָּזֹאת֙ בְּלֵ֣ב הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְפָאֵ֕ר אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [Ezra 7:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:187` 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 7:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.186/) - next →: [Ezra 7:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.188/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 7:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.27/)