--- title: Ezra 3:3 (JPS 1917) — And they set the altar upon its bases; for fear was upon them becaus… · tree and pragmatics description: And they set the altar upon its bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of the countries, and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt-offerings morning and evening. Who acts: Jeshua, fear. 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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 (Jeshua, fear), 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:85 # text = And they set the altar upon its bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of the countries, and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt-offerings morning and evening. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bases base NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 advcl _ _ 15 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _ 37 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 appos _ _ 38 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **set** | past | Jeshua | the altar | | altar's bases | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent altar=Theme upon base=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | fear | | | | | upon bases *= base*; because the people of the countries | tree rules | | 3 | **offer** | past | Jeshua | burnt offerings | | | morning | unto the LORD; thereon *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | 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} וַיָּכִ֤ינוּ הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ עַל־מְכ֣וֹנֹתָ֔יו כִּ֚י בְּאֵימָ֣ה עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מֵעַמֵּ֖י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת וַיַּעֲל֨וּעָלָ֤יו עֹלוֹת֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה עֹל֖וֹת לַבֹּ֥קֶר וְלָעָֽרֶב׃ [Ezra 3:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:85` 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 3:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.84/) - next →: [Ezra 3:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.86/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.3/)