--- title: Nehemiah 8:10 (JPS 1917) — Then he said unto them: 'Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the swe… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he said unto them: 'Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.' Who acts: God, day, joy. 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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 (God, day, joy), 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:231 # text = Then he said unto them: 'Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.' 1 Then then ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 28 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 44 cc _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 43 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | | | then | unto people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | your way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | infinitive | | the fat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient | | 4 | **drink** | infinitive | | the sweet | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient | | 5 | **send** | infinitive | | portions | | | | unto God | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | | 6 | **prepare** | present · passive | | nothing | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for whom=Beneficiary | | 7 | **is** | present | this day | | | | | unto our Lord; holy *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **grieve** | infinitive · passive | | ye | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | present | the joy of the LORD | your strength | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **joy** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom joy «feeling 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 לָהֶ֡ם לְכוּ֩ אִכְל֨וּ מַשְׁמַנִּ֜ים וּשְׁת֣וּ מַֽמְתַקִּ֗ים וְשִׁלְח֤וּ מָנוֹת֙ לְאֵ֣ין נָכ֣וֹן ל֔וֹ כִּֽי־קָד֥וֹשׁ הַיּ֖וֹם לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ וְאַל־תֵּ֣עָצֵ֔בוּ כִּֽי־חֶדְוַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה הִ֥יא מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃ [Nehemiah 8:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:231` 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 8:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.230/) - next →: [Nehemiah 8:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.232/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.10/)