--- title: Ezra 7:28 (JPS 1917) — And I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon… · tree and pragmatics description: And I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. Who acts: I. 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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), 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:189 # text = And I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 strengthened strengthen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 up up ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strengthen** | past · passive | | I | | | | accord the hand of the LORD; upon me | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **gather** | past | I | | | | | out Israel chief men; together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | with me | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וְעָלַ֣י הִטָּה־חֶ֗סֶד לִפְנֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְיֽוֹעֲצָ֔יו וּלְכָל־שָׂרֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ הַגִּבֹּרִ֑ים וַאֲנִ֣י הִתְחַזַּ֗קְתִּי כְּיַד־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהַי֙ עָלַ֔י וָאֶקְבְּצָ֧ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֛ל רָאשִׁ֖ים לַעֲל֥וֹת עִמִּֽי׃פ [Ezra 7:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.28/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.188/) 2. **And I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:189` 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 7:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.188/) - next →: [Ezra 8:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.190/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 7:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.28/)