--- title: Ezra 3:12 (JPS 1917) — But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, th… · tree and pragmatics description: But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men that had seen the first house standing on its foundation, wept with a loud voice, when this house was before their eyes; and many shouted aloud for joy; Who acts: old men, first house, many, 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 (old men, first house, many, 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:94 # text = But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men that had seen the first house standing on its foundation, wept with a loud voice, when this house was before their eyes; and many shouted aloud for joy; 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ' 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 amod _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 29 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 before before ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 advcl _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 nsubj _ _ 45 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 46 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 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 | **see** | past · perfect | the old men | the first house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | the first house *not said here* | | | house's foundation | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on foundation=Location | | 3 | **weep** | past | many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers's houses | | | | | with a loud voice | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | this house | | | | before priests's eyes | | tree rules | | 5 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | many | | | | | for joy; aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient | 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} וְרַבִּ֡ים מֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּם֩ וְרָאשֵׁ֨י הָאָב֜וֹת הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר רָא֜וּ אֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙ בְּיָסְד֔וֹ זֶ֤ה הַבַּ֙יִת֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם בֹּכִ֖ים בְּק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל וְרַבִּ֛ים בִּתְרוּעָ֥ה בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה לְהָרִ֥ים קֽוֹל׃ [Ezra 3:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:94` 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 3:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.93/) - next →: [Ezra 3:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.95/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.12/)