--- title: Ezra 9:2 (JPS 1917) — For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their… · tree and pragmatics description: For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this faithlessness.' Who acts: princes, holy seed, hand. 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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 (princes, holy seed, hand), 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:227 # text = For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this faithlessness.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 15 so so SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 22 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 30 yea yea INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 41 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord 4 parataxis _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 faithlessness faithlessness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · perfect | princes *= prince* | | | | | of princes's daughters; for princes *= prince* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent of daughter=Source for themselves=Beneficiary | | 2 | **mingle** | present · perfect | the holy seed | princes *= prince* | | | | with the peoples of the lands | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient with people=Co-Patient | | 3 | **is** | present · perfect | the hand of the princes and rulers | | | this faithlessness | | first *property* | tree rules | 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} כִּֽי־נָשְׂא֣וּ מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם לָהֶם֙ וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ זֶ֣רַע הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ בְּעַמֵּ֖י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת וְיַ֧ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים הָֽיְתָ֛ה בַּמַּ֥עַל הַזֶּ֖ה רִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ס [Ezra 9:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:227` 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 9:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.226/) - next →: [Ezra 9:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.228/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.2/)