--- title: Nehemiah 5:5 (JPS 1917) — Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as t… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineya --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.105/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Nehemiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/) / [chapter 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/5/) / [5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.5/) / JPS 1 # Nehemiah 5:5 · JPS 1917 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.' **Who acts:** flesh, we, other men · **What happens:** be, bring, help, have · **To what, where:** sons, bondage, servants, some, power, flesh This is Nehemiah 5:5 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (flesh, we, other men), 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:NEH:105 # text = Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.' 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 3 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 lo lo INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 bondage bondage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 advcl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 bondage bondage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 already already ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 52 cc _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 57 for for SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 60 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 61 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 vineyards vineyard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 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 | **is** | present | our flesh | | | | now | as the flesh and our children and children's children neither our power; of our brethren | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | present | we | our sons and our daughters | | bondage | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme into bondage=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | servants | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | present · passive | | some | | bondage | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into bondage=Destination | | 5 | **is** | present | flesh | | | our power | | | tree rules | | 6 | **help** | to-infinitive | our flesh *not said here* | flesh | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | | 7 | **have** | present | other men | our fields and our vineyards | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=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} וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּבְשַׂ֤ר אַחֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּ כִּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם בָּנֵ֑ינוּ וְהִנֵּ֣ה אֲנַ֣חְנוּ כֹ֠בְשִׁים אֶת־בָּנֵ֨ינוּ וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּ לַעֲבָדִ֗ים וְיֵ֨שׁ מִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙ וְאֵ֣ין לְאֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔נוּ וּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּ וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ לַאֲחֵרִֽים׃ [Nehemiah 5:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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