--- title: Ezra 9:9 (JPS 1917) — For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage,… · tree and pragmatics description: For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a fence in Judah and in Jerusalem. Who acts: we, God. 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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 (we, God), 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:234 # text = For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a fence in Judah and in Jerusalem. 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 bondmen bondman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 forsaken forsake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 bondage bondage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 extended extend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 20 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 reviving reviving NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 52 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 57 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 iobj _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **is a** | present | we | bondmen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **forsake** | present · perfect | our God | us | | our bondage | | | tree rules | | 3 | **extend** | present · perfect | our God *not said here* | mercy | | the sight of the kings of Persia | | unto us | vn body\_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mercy=Theme | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | our God *not said here* | a reviving | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient reviving=Theme | | 5 | **set up** | to-infinitive | our God *not said here* | the house of our God | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient house=Result | | 6 | **repair** | to-infinitive | our God *not said here* | the ruins | | | | thereof *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ruin=Patient | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | our God *not said here* | a fence | us | Judah and Jerusalem | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient fence=Theme | | 8 | **sight** | | | the kings of Persia | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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־עֲבָדִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּלֹ֥א עֲזָבָ֖נוּ אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַֽיַּט־עָלֵ֣ינוּ חֶ֡סֶד לִפְנֵי֩ מַלְכֵ֨י פָרַ֜ס לָֽתֶת־לָ֣נוּ מִֽחְיָ֗ה לְרוֹמֵ֞ם אֶת־בֵּ֤ית אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּלְהַעֲמִ֣יד אֶת־חָרְבֹתָ֔יו וְלָֽתֶת־לָ֣נוּ גָדֵ֔ר בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס [Ezra 9:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:234` 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 9:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.233/) - next →: [Ezra 9:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.235/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.9/)