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title: Ezra 9:12 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. Who acts: you, ye, sons. Ezra 9:12 in
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# Ezra 9:12 · JPS 1917

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Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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**Who acts:** you, ye, sons · **What happens:** not give, take, seek, be, eat, leave · **To what, where:** daughters, peace, good

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This is Ezra 9:12 · 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 (you, ye, sons), 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:237
# text = Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	12	cc:preconj	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	20	cc	_	_
20	seek	seek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	ever	ever	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	obl	_	_
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
30	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nsubj	_	_
31	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	cop	_	_
33	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	conj	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	good	good	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	conj	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	ever	ever	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	44	obl	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed hedge=0

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | your daughters |  |  | now | unto daughters's sons; therefore *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | daughters's daughters |  |  | unto your sons | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument daughter=Destination |
| 3 | **seek** | infinitive | you *not said here* | sons's peace or peace's prosperity |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent peace=Location for ever=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | may | ye |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **eat** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | the good of the land |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Patient |
| 6 | **leave** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | good |  |  |  | for a inheritance; to your children | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for inheritance=Recipient |
| 7 | **pacify** |  | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  |  | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וְ֠עַתָּה בְּֽנוֹתֵיכֶ֞ם אַל־תִּתְּנ֣וּ לִבְנֵיהֶ֗ם וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אַל־תִּשְׂא֣וּ לִבְנֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ שְׁלֹמָ֛ם וְטוֹבָתָ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ וַאֲכַלְתֶּם֙ אֶת־ט֣וּב הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

[Ezra 9:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.12/)

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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:237` of Mova's parse database.

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