--- title: Ezra 3:4 (JPS 1917) — And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offere… · tree and pragmatics description: And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; Who acts: Jeshua, duty. 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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, duty), 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:86 # text = And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep 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 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 tabernacles tabernacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ordinance ordinance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Jeshua | the feast of tabernacles | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 2 | **write** | present · passive | | feast | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | past | Jeshua *not said here* | the daily burnt offerings | | | | by number; accord the ordinance | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **require** | participle | the duty of every day | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=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} וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּ֖וֹת כַּכָּת֑וּב וְעֹלַ֨ת י֤וֹם בְּיוֹם֙ בְּמִסְפָּ֔ר כְּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ [Ezra 3:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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