--- title: Ezra 8:25 (JPS 1917) — and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, eve… · tree and pragmatics description: and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered; Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:214 # text = and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 weighed weigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 42 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 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 | **weigh** | past | | the silver and the gold and the vessels | | | | unto Hashabiah | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme silver=Value | | 2 | **offer** | past · perfect | the king and God's counsellors and God's princes and all Israel | the offering for the house of our God | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=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} וָאֶשְׁקֳלָ֣הלָהֶ֔ם אֶת־הַכֶּ֥סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֖ב וְאֶת־הַכֵּלִ֑ים תְּרוּמַ֣ת בֵּית־אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ הַהֵרִ֙ימוּ֙ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְיֹעֲצָ֣יו וְשָׂרָ֔יו וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַנִּמְצָאִֽים׃ [Ezra 8:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:214` 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 8:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.213/) - next →: [Ezra 8:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.215/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 8:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.25/)