--- title: Ezra 9:15 (JPS 1917) — O LORD, the God of Israel, Thou art righteous; for we are left a rem… · tree and pragmatics description: O LORD, the God of Israel, Thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before Thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before Thee because of this.' Who acts: Thou, remnant, we, none. 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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 (Thou, remnant, we, none), 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:240 # text = O LORD, the God of Israel, Thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before Thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before Thee because of this.' 1 O o INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 vocative _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 behold behold INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 parataxis _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 guiltiness guiltiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obl _ _ 45 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 47 case _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Thou | | | | | LORD *vocative*; righteous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme remnant=Attribute | | 3 | **escape** | present · passive | | a remnant | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | remnant | this day | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | we | | | our guiltiness | before Thee | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | can | none | | | Thee | | because this | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before thou=Location | 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} יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ צַדִּ֣יק אַ֔תָּה כִּֽי־נִשְׁאַ֥רְנוּ פְלֵיטָ֖ה כְּהַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה הִנְנ֤וּ לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לַעֲמ֛וֹד לְפָנֶ֖יךָ עַל־זֹֽאת׃פ [Ezra 9:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:240` 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 9:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.239/) - next →: [Ezra 10:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.241/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 9:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.15/)