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title: Ezra 9:11 (JPS 1917) — which Thou hast commanded by Thy servants the prophets, saying: The… · tree and pragmatics
description: which Thou hast commanded by Thy servants the prophets, saying: The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness. Who acts: Thou, y
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# Ezra 9:11 · JPS 1917

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which Thou hast commanded by Thy servants the prophets, saying: The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.

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**Who acts:** Thou, ye, land, lands · **What happens:** command, say, go, possess, be, fill · **To what, where:** reviving, unclean land, uncleanness, one end · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Ezra 9:11 · 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 (Thou, ye, land, lands), 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:236
# text = which Thou hast commanded by Thy servants the prophets, saying: The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.
1	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
18	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nsubj	_	_
19	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	possess	possess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	_
28	through	through	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	uncleanness	uncleanness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	through	through	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	abominations	abomination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	45	advmod	_	_
43	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	acl:relcl	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	from	from	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	another	another	PRON	DT	PronType=Ind	45	obl	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	filthiness	filthiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | present · perfect | Thou |  |  |  |  | by Thy servants | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent which=Theme by servant=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | present | ye |  |  |  |  | unto the land | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **possess** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | reviving |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present | the land | a unclean land |  | the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands through lands's abominations |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **fill** | present · perfect | lands *= land* | reviving |  |  | from one end | to another; with lands's filthiness; wherewith *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with filthiness=Instrument |

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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}

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֗יתָ בְּיַ֨ד עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ הַנְּבִיאִים֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתֶּ֤ם בָּאִים֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ אֶ֤רֶץ נִדָּה֙ הִ֔יא בְּנִדַּ֖ת עַמֵּ֣י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת בְּתוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִלְא֛וּהָ מִפֶּ֥ה אֶל־פֶּ֖ה בְּטֻמְאָתָֽם׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:236` of Mova's parse database.

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