--- title: Nehemiah 6:7 (JPS 1917) — And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusal… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Who acts: thou, 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 (thou, 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:NEH:128 # text = And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 3 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 case _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | present · perfect | thou | prophets | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophet=Theme | | 2 | **proclaim** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | Jerusalem | | of thee | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** | present | a king in Judah | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **report** | shall · passive | | manner | the king | | now | accord this words | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to king=Recipient | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} וְגַם־נְבִיאִ֡ים הֶעֱמַ֣דְתָּ לִקְרֹא֩ עָלֶ֨יךָ בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר מֶ֚לֶךְ בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְעַתָּה֙ יִשָּׁמַ֣ע לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְעַתָּ֣ה לְכָ֔ה וְנִֽוָּעֲצָ֖ה יַחְדָּֽו׃ס [Nehemiah 6:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.7/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words.** 2. [Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.129/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:128` 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 6:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.127/) - next →: [Nehemiah 6:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.129/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.7/)