--- title: Nehemiah 2:8 (JPS 1917) — and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's park, that he may g… · tree and pragmatics description: and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's park, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.' 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And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. **Who acts:** king, castle, I · **What happens:** give, make, appertain, enter, grant, accord · **To what, where:** timber, me, beams, house This is Nehemiah 2:8 · 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, castle, I), 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:20 # text = and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's park, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.' And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Asaph Asaph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 appertaineth appertain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obl _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 54 And and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 granted grant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 iobj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 case _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 60 fixed _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 68 upon upon ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ _ 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **give** | may | king | timber | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient timber=Theme | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | beams | | | | for the gates of the castle and the wall of the city and the house | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent beam=Product for gate=Asset | | 3 | **appertain** | present | the castle | | | | | to the house | tree rules | | 4 | **enter** | shall | I | the house | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **grant** | past | the king | | me | | | accord the good hand of my God | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 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} וְאִגֶּ֡רֶת אֶל־אָסָף֩ שֹׁמֵ֨ר הַפַּרְדֵּ֜ס אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן־לִ֣י עֵצִ֡ים לְ֠קָרוֹת אֶת־שַׁעֲרֵ֨י הַבִּירָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־לַבַּ֙יִת֙ וּלְחוֹמַ֣ת הָעִ֔יר וְלַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־אָב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּתֶּן־לִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כְּיַד־אֱלֹהַ֖י הַטּוֹבָ֥ה עָלָֽי׃ [Nehemiah 2:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:20` 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 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.19/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.21/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.8/)