--- title: Ezra 8:17 (JPS 1917) — And I gave them commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphi… · tree and pragmatics description: And I gave them commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo and his brother, who were set over the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:206 # text = And I gave them commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo and his brother, who were set over the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Iddo Iddo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 Casiphia Casiphia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Iddo Iddo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 Casiphia Casiphia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **give** | past | I | commandment | people | the place | | unto Iddo | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient commandment=Theme at place=Asset | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | people | | | | | unto Iddo and Iddo's brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **set** | past · passive | | Iddo's brother | | the place | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over place=Destination | | 5 | **bring** | should | people | ministers | | | | unto us; for the house of our God | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent minister=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 Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וָאֲצַוֶּ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ עַל־אִדּ֣וֹ הָרֹ֔אשׁ בְּכָסִפְיָ֖א הַמָּק֑וֹם וָאָשִׂימָה֩ בְּפִיהֶ֨ם דְּבָרִ֜ים לְ֠דַבֵּר אֶל־אִדּ֨וֹ אָחִ֤יו הַנְּתִינִים֙ בְּכָסִפְיָ֣א הַמָּק֔וֹם לְהָֽבִיא־לָ֥נוּ מְשָׁרְתִ֖ים לְבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ [Ezra 8:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:206` 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 8:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.205/) - next →: [Ezra 8:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.207/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.17/)