--- title: Ezra 10:13 (JPS 1917) — But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are n… · tree and pragmatics description: But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. Who acts: people, voice, we, this. 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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 (people, voice, we, this), 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:254 # text = But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 without without ADV RB _ 22 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 conj _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 transgressed transgress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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** | present | the people | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | voice | a time | | | | of much rain | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | we | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | this | a work | | | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **transgress** | present · perfect | we | | | this matter | | greatly *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} אֲבָ֞ל הָעָ֥ם רָב֙ וְהָעֵ֣ת גְּשָׁמִ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין כֹּ֖חַ לַעֲמ֣וֹד בַּח֑וּץ וְהַמְּלָאכָ֗ה לֹֽא־לְי֤וֹם אֶחָד֙ וְלֹ֣א לִשְׁנַ֔יִם כִּֽי־הִרְבִּ֥ינוּ לִפְשֹׁ֖עַ בַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ [Ezra 10:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:254` 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 10:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.253/) - next →: [Ezra 10:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.255/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.13/)