--- title: Ezra 1:4 (JPS 1917) — And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men… · tree and pragmatics description: And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.' Who acts: LORD, men, house. 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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 (LORD, men, house), 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:3 # text = And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 csubj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sojourneth sojourn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 22 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 beside beside ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 freewill freewill NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 acl:relcl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | whosoever | | any place | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in place=Location | | 2 | **sojourn** | present | LORD | | | | | | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | the men of LORD's place | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **help** | infinitive | the men of LORD's place *not said here* | | LORD | the freewill offering for the house of God | | with silver and gold and goods and beasts | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary with silver=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | the house of God | | | Jerusalem | | | 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} וְכָל־הַנִּשְׁאָ֗ר מִֽכָּל־הַמְּקֹמוֹת֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ה֣וּא גָֽר־שָׁם֒ יְנַשְּׂא֙וּהוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י מְקֹמ֔וֹ בְּכֶ֥סֶף וּבְזָהָ֖ב וּבִרְכ֣וּשׁ וּבִבְהֵמָ֑ה עִם־הַ֨נְּדָבָ֔ה לְבֵ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [Ezra 1:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.1.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:3` 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 1:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.2/) - next →: [Ezra 1:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.4/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.1.4/)