--- title: Nehemiah 2:6 (JPS 1917) — And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how l… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. Who acts: king, queen, journey, thou. 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So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. **Who acts:** king, queen, journey, thou, I, thy · **What happens:** say, sit, be, return, please, send · **To what, where:** king, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Nehemiah 2:6 · 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 (king, queen, journey, thou), 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:18 # text = And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 also also ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 16 For for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 So so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 pleased please VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | the queen | | | | | by king | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by he=Location | | 3 | **is** | shall | thy journey | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | future | thou | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **please** | past | journey | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **send** | to-infinitive | journey *not said here* | me | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **set** | past | I | | king | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | | 8 | **journey** | | thy | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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} וַיֹּאמֶר֩ לִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל ׀ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶצְל֗וֹ עַד־מָתַ֛י יִהְיֶ֥ה מַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ וּמָתַ֣י תָּשׁ֑וּב וַיִּיטַ֤ב לִפְנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה ל֖וֹ זְמָֽן׃ [Nehemiah 2:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:18` 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 2:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.17/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.19/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.6/)