--- title: Ezra 3:10 (JPS 1917) — And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD,… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the direction of David king of Israel. Who acts: builders. 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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 (builders), 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:92 # text = And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the direction of David king of Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 builders builder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 trumpets trumpet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Levites Levite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Asaph Asaph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 cymbals cymbal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 case _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 16 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 | **lay** | past | the builders | the foundation of the temple of the LORD | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Result | | 2 | **set** | past | builders *= builder* | the priests and the Levites | | builders's apparel | | with trumpets | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent priest=Theme in apparel=Destination | | 3 | **praise** | to-infinitive | builders *= builder* *not said here* | the LORD | | | | accord the direction | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} וְיִסְּד֥וּ הַבֹּנִ֖ים אֶת־הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּעֲמִידוּ֩ הַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים מְלֻבָּשִׁ֜ים בַּחֲצֹֽצְר֗וֹת וְהַלְוִיִּ֤ם בְּנֵֽי־אָסָף֙ בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֔יִם לְהַלֵּל֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה עַל־יְדֵ֖י דָּוִ֥יד מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Ezra 3:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:92` 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 3:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.91/) - next →: [Ezra 3:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.93/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.10/)