--- title: Ezra 8:18 (JPS 1917) — And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a… · tree and pragmatics description: And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; Who acts: 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 (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:207 # text = And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 case _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 discretion discretion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Mahli Mahli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Levi Levi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 Sherebiah Sherebiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 appos _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 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 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring** | past | people | a man of discretion of the sons of Mahli and the son of Israel and Sherebiah with God's sons and God's brethren | us | | | accord the good hand of our God upon us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination man=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} וַיָּבִ֨יאּוּ לָ֜נוּ כְּיַד־אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ הַטּוֹבָ֤ה עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ שֶׂ֔כֶל מִבְּנֵ֣י מַחְלִ֔י בֶּן־לֵוִ֖י בֶּן־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֛ה וּבָנָ֥יו וְאֶחָ֖יו שְׁמֹנָ֥ה עָשָֽׂר׃ [Ezra 8:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:207` 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 8:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.206/) - next →: [Ezra 8:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.208/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.18/)