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title: Nehemiah 8:17 (JPS 1917) — And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the capt… · tree and pragmatics
description: And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. Who acts: congregation, children. Nehemiah 8:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and t
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# Nehemiah 8:17 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2

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And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so.

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**Who acts:** congregation, children · **What happens:** come back, make, dwell, not do · **To what, where:** captivity, booths

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This is Nehemiah 8:17 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (congregation, children), 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:238
# text = And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	congregation	congregation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	booths	booth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	booths	booth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
24	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	cc	_	_
25	since	since	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Nun	Nun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	det	_	_
36	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
38	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
44	so	so	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past · passive |  |  |  | the captivity |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | all congregation of booths | booths |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset booth=Product |
| 3 | **dwell** | past | all congregation of booths *not said here* |  |  | the booths |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in booth=Location |
| 4 | **not** **do** | past · perfect | the children of Israel |  |  |  | day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֣וּ כָֽל־הַ֠קָּהָל הַשָּׁבִ֨ים מִן־הַשְּׁבִ֥י ׀ סֻכּוֹת֮ וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ בַסֻּכּוֹת֒ כִּ֣י לֹֽא־עָשׂ֡וּ מִימֵי֩ יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן כֵּן֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַתְּהִ֥י שִׂמְחָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

[Nehemiah 8:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.17/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. **And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so.**
2. [And there was very great gladness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.239/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:238` of Mova's parse database.

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