--- title: Ezra 8:29 (JPS 1917) — Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.' Who acts: ye. 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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 (ye), 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:218 # text = Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.' 1 Watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 weigh weigh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 ' 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | vessels *= vessel* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **weigh** | present | ye | vessels *= vessel* | | Jerusalem | before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the princes of the fathers's houses of Israel | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent they=Theme at jerusalem=Value | 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} שִׁקְד֣וּ וְשִׁמְר֗וּ עַֽד־תִּשְׁקְל֡וּ לִפְנֵי֩ שָׂרֵ֨י הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם וְשָׂרֵֽי־הָאָב֥וֹת לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הַלִּשְׁכ֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ [Ezra 8:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:218` 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 8:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.217/) - next →: [Ezra 8:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.219/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 8:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.29/)