--- title: Nehemiah 8:4 (JPS 1917) — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made… · tree and pragmatics description: And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.224/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/8/) / [8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.4/) / JPS 1 # Nehemiah 8:4 · JPS 1917 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. **Who acts:** Ezra, ears, Mattithiah · **What happens:** stand, make · **To what, where:** pulpit, right hand This is Nehemiah 8:4 · 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 (Ezra, ears, Mattithiah), 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:224 # text = And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Ezra Ezra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pulpit pulpit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 beside beside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 Mattithiah Mattithiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 Shema Shema PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 Anaiah Anaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 Uriah Uriah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 Hilkiah Hilkiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 Maaseiah Maaseiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 orphan _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 Pedaiah Pedaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 Mishael Mishael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 Malchijah Malchijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 Hashum Hashum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 Hashbaddanah Hashbaddanah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 Zechariah Zechariah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 Meshullam Meshullam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 70 . . 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 | **stand** | past | Ezra | | | a pulpit of wood | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon pulpit=Location | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | ears *= ear* | a pulpit of wood | | | | for the purpose | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent which=Product for purpose=Asset | | 3 | **stand** | past | Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah | | | Ezra's right hand | | beside Ezra | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location | 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} וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֞ד עֶזְרָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֗ר עַֽל־מִגְדַּל־עֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ לַדָּבָר֒ וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד אֶצְל֡וֹ מַתִּתְיָ֡ה וְשֶׁ֡מַע וַ֠עֲנָיָה וְאוּרִיָּ֧ה וְחִלְקִיָּ֛ה וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה עַל־יְמִינ֑וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ פְּ֠דָיָה וּמִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛ה וְחָשֻׁ֥ם וְחַשְׁבַּדָּ֖נָה זְכַרְיָ֥ה מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃פ [Nehemiah 8:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:224` 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 8:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.223/) - next →: [Nehemiah 8:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.225/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.4/)