--- title: Nehemiah 2:7 (JPS 1917) — Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters b… · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah; Who acts: I, journey, letters, me. 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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 (I, journey, letters, me), 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:19 # text = Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah; 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 9 If if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 please please VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 15 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 16 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 governors governor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 23 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 through through ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | unto the king; moreover *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **please** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | journey | the king | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | letters | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | infinitive · passive | letters *not said here* | me | the governors beyond the River | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: i=Theme to governor=Recipient | | 5 | **let** | may | letters *= letter* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pass through** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come** | present | I | | | | | unto Judah | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וָאוֹמַר֮ לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב אִגְּרוֹת֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֔י עַֽל־פַּחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־אָב֖וֹא אֶל־יְהוּדָֽה׃ [Nehemiah 2:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:19` 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 2:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.18/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.20/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.7/)