--- title: Nehemiah 8:9 (JPS 1917) — And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe,… · tree and pragmatics description: And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people: 'This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. 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For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. **Who acts:** Nehemiah, Levites, day, people · **What happens:** be, teach, say, not mourn, weep, hear · **To what, where:** Tirshatha, people, words, Law · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Nehemiah 8:9 · 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 (Nehemiah, Levites, day, people), 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:230 # text = And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people: 'This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 Nehemiah Nehemiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Tirshatha Tirshatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Ezra Ezra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 31 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 mourn mourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 45 cc _ _ 45 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 48 For for ADP IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 when when SCONJ WRB _ 56 mark _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Nehemiah and Ezra and the Levites | the Tirshatha | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the Levites | | the people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nehemiah and Ezra and the Levites | | | | | unto all people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | this day | | | | | unto the LORD; holy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **mourn** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **weep** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **weep** | past | all people | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hear** | past | people | the words of the Law | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 9 | **word** | | | the Law | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר נְחֶמְיָ֣ה ה֣וּא הַתִּרְשָׁ֡תָא וְעֶזְרָ֣א הַכֹּהֵ֣ן ׀ הַסֹּפֵ֡ר וְהַלְוִיִּם֩ הַמְּבִינִ֨ים אֶת־הָעָ֜ם לְכָל־הָעָ֗ם הַיּ֤וֹם קָדֹֽשׁ־הוּא֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם אַל־תִּֽתְאַבְּל֖וּ וְאַל־תִּבְכּ֑וּ כִּ֤י בוֹכִים֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם כְּשָׁמְעָ֖ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַתּוֹרָֽה׃ [Nehemiah 8:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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