--- title: Nehemiah 6:1 (JPS 1917) — Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, a… · tree and pragmatics description: Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein — though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates — Who acts: it, I, breach. 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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 (it, I, breach), 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:122 # text = Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein — though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates — 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Sanballat Sanballat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Tobiah Tobiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Geshem Geshem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Arabian Arabian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 builded build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 breach breach NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 therein therein ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 — - PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 46 though though SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 61 — - PUNCT : _ 3 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 | **come** | past | it | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **report** | past · passive | | it | Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem and the rest of our enemies | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme to sanballat=be' clause=Attribute | | 4 | **build** | past · perfect | I | the wall | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Product | | 5 | **be** | past | no breach | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | participle | | no breach *not said here* | | | | therein *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **set up** | past · perfect | I | the doors | | the gates | time | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent door=Theme in gate=Destination | 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} וַיְהִ֣י כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁמַ֣ע לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה וּלְגֶ֨שֶׁם הָֽעַרְבִ֜י וּלְיֶ֣תֶר אֹֽיְבֵ֗ינוּ כִּ֤י בָנִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה וְלֹא־נ֥וֹתַר בָּ֖הּ פָּ֑רֶץ גַּ֚ם עַד־הָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא דְּלָת֖וֹת לֹא־הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי בַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃ [Nehemiah 6:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:122` 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: [Nehemiah 5:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.121/) - next →: [Nehemiah 6:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.123/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.1/)