--- title: Ezra 4:2 (JPS 1917) — then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' hous… · tree and pragmatics description: then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them: 'Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.' Who acts: children, us, we, king. 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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 (children, us, we, king), 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:97 # text = then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them: 'Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.' 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Zerubbabel Zerubbabel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 ' 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 since since ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 Esarhaddon Esarhaddon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 50 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 56 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 58 hither hither ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | children *= child* | | Zerubbabel | | then | to the heads of fathers's houses; near *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to zerubbabel=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | unto children *= child* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **build** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent with you=Source | | 5 | **seek** | present | we | your God | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | | 6 | **sacrifice** | present · do-support | we | | | | day | unto God | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bring up** | past | king Esarhaddon of Assyria | us | | | | hither *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent we=Patient | 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} וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֗וֹת וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נִבְנֶ֣ה עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֣י כָכֶ֔ם נִדְר֖וֹשׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְל֣וֹ ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ זֹבְחִ֗ים מִימֵי֙ אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖נוּ פֹּֽה׃ [Ezra 4:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EZR:97` 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 4:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.96/) - next →: [Ezra 4:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.98/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.2/)