--- title: Ezra 9:1 (JPS 1917) — Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, sayi… · tree and pragmatics description: Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying: 'The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.226/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Ezra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/) / [chapter 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/9/) / [9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.1/) / JPS 1 # Ezra 9:1 · JPS 1917 Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying: 'The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. **Who acts:** princes, people · **What happens:** do, draw, say, not separate, accord · **To what, where:** things, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezra 9:1 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (princes, 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:226 # text = Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying: 'The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 near near ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 33 themselves themselves PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 42 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 case _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 abominations abomination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Canaanites Canaanite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Hittites Hittite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Perizzites Perizzite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 Jebusites Jebusite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Ammonites Ammonite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 Moabites Moabite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 Amorites Amorite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | this things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **draw** | past | the princes | | | | now | unto me; near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the princes *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **separate** | present · perfect | the people of Israel and the priests and the Levites | people | | | | from the peoples of the lands | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient from people=Co-Patient | | 5 | **do** | gerund | the people of Israel and the priests and the Levites *not said here* | | | | | accord people's abominations of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Jebusites and the Ammonites and the Moabites and the Egyptians and the Amorites | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת אֵ֗לֶּה נִגְּשׁ֨וּ אֵלַ֤י הַשָּׂרִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־נִבְדְּל֞וּ הָעָ֤ם יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם מֵעַמֵּ֖י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת כְּ֠תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם לַכְּנַעֲנִ֨י הַחִתִּ֜י הַפְּרִזִּ֣י הַיְבוּסִ֗י הָֽעַמֹּנִי֙ הַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔י הַמִּצְרִ֖י וְהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ [Ezra 9:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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