--- title: Nehemiah 6:10 (JPS 1917) — And as for me, I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah… · tree and pragmatics description: And as for me, I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said: 'Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.132/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/6/) / [6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.10/) / JPS 1 # Nehemiah 6:10 · JPS 1917 And as for me, I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said: 'Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.' **Who acts:** I, Mehetabel, us, doors · **What happens:** go, shut up, say, let, meet, shut · **To what, where:** son, us, house, doors, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Nehemiah 6:10 · 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, Mehetabel, us, doors), 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:132 # text = And as for me, I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said: 'Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Shemaiah Shemaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Delaiah Delaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Mehetabel Mehetabel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 within within ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 48 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 56 for for SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 obj _ _ 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 64 yea yea INTJ UH _ 71 discourse _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 69 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 xcomp _ _ 74 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 73 obj _ _ 75 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 76 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | I | | | | | as me; unto the house of Shemaiah | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shut up** | past · passive | | the son of Mehetabel | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mehetabel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **meet** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the house of God | | within the temple; together *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **shut** | infinitive | us *not said here* | the doors of the temple | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 8 | **come** | future | doors *= door* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **slay** | to-infinitive | doors *= door* *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 10 | **come** | future | doors *= door* | | | | night | | tree rules | | 11 | **slay** | to-infinitive | doors *= door* *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=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} וַאֲנִי־בָ֗אתִי בֵּ֣ית שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה בֶן־דְּלָיָ֛ה בֶּן־מְהֵֽיטַבְאֵ֖ל וְה֣וּא עָצ֑וּר וַיֹּ֡אמֶר נִוָּעֵד֩ אֶל־בֵּ֨ית הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַֽהֵיכָ֗ל וְנִסְגְּרָה֙ דַּלְת֣וֹת הַהֵיכָ֔ל כִּ֚י בָּאִ֣ים לְהָרְגֶ֔ךָ וְלַ֖יְלָה בָּאִ֥ים לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃ [Nehemiah 6:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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