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title: Nehemiah 1:11 (JPS 1917) — O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer… · tree and pragmatics
description: O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was cupbearer to the king. Who acts: I, you, ear,
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# Nehemiah 1:11 · JPS 1917

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O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was cupbearer to the king.

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**Who acts:** I, you, ear, servants, servant, Thy · **What happens:** beseech, let, be, delight, fear, prosper · **To what, where:** Thee, ear, name, servant, mercy, LORD

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This is Nehemiah 1:11 · 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 (I, you, ear, servants), 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:11
# text = O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was cupbearer to the king.
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	beseech	beseech	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
6	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	obj	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	Thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	attentive	attentive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
30	delight	delight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	prosper	prosper	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	parataxis	_	_
41	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	40	obj	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
45	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	46	det	_	_
46	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl:unmarked	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
50	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	iobj	_	_
51	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	57	det	_	_
57	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
59	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
60	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	63	advmod	_	_
61	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
62	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
63	cupbearer	cupbearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
64	to	to	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	_
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beseech** | present | I | Thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | Thine ear |  |  | now | Lord *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | Thine ear *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the prayer of Thy servant and the prayer of Thy servants; attentive *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **delight** | present | Thy servants |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **fear** | to-infinitive | Thy servants *not said here* | Thy name |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 6 | **prosper** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Thy servant |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **pray** | present | I | Thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **grant** | infinitive | you *not said here* | mercy | LORD | the sight of this man |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal mercy=Theme |
| 9 | **is a** | past | I | cupbearer |  |  | now | to the king | tree rules |
| 10 | **pray** |  | Thy servant |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 11 | **pray** |  | Thy servants |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 12 | **name** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 13 | **sight** |  |  | this man |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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אָנָּ֣א אֲדֹנָ֗י תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַ֠שֶּׁבֶת אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֨ת עַבְדְּךָ֜ וְאֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙ לְיִרְאָ֣ה אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־נָּ֤א לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וּתְנֵ֣הוּ לְרַחֲמִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וַאֲנִ֛י הָיִ֥יתִי מַשְׁקֶ֖ה לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:11` of Mova's parse database.

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