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title: Nehemiah 5:14 (JPS 1917) — Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in… · tree and pragmatics
description: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. Who acts: that, I. Nehemiah 5:14 in JPS 1917 
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# Nehemiah 5:14 · JPS 1917

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Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

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**Who acts:** that, I · **What happens:** appoint, be, not eat · **To what, where:** I, governor, land, twelve years, bread

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This is Nehemiah 5:14 · 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 (that, I), 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:116
# text = Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
1	Moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	amod	_	_
22	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
23	even	even	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
24	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
26	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	thirtieth	thirtieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	26	conj	_	_
29	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Artaxerxes	Artaxerxes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
35	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	39	nsubj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nummod	_	_
39	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	parataxis	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
41	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	_
45	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	47	advmod	_	_
47	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	47	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | past · passive |  | I |  |  | the time |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | people's governor |  | the land of Judah |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | that | twelve years |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **eat** | present · perfect | I | the bread of the governor |  |  | time; year | moreover *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=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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גַּ֞ם מִיּ֣וֹם ׀ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה אֹתִ֗י לִהְי֣וֹת פֶּחָם֮ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָה֒ מִשְּׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֗ים וְ֠עַד שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׁנִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה אֲנִ֣י וְאַחַ֔י לֶ֥חֶם הַפֶּ֖חָה לֹ֥א אָכַֽלְתִּי׃

[Nehemiah 5:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.14/)

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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:116` of Mova's parse database.

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