--- title: Nehemiah 9:6 (JPS 1917) — Thou art the LORD, even Thou alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heave… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou art the LORD, even Thou alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and Thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth Thee. Who acts: Thou, things, host. 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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 (Thou, things, host), 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:247 # text = Thou art the LORD, even Thou alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and Thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth Thee. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 appos _ _ 8 alone alone ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 11 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 13 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 conj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 preservest preserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 worshippeth worship VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 55 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 obj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Thou | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present · perfect | Thou | heaven and the earth and all things and the seas | | | | with heaven's host | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heaven=Product | | 3 | **is** | present | all things | | | | | thereon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | in heaven | tree rules | | 5 | **preserve** | present | Thou | heaven | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 6 | **worship** | present | the host of heaven | Thee | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | 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} אַתָּה־ה֣וּא יְהוָה֮ לְבַדֶּךָ֒ אַתָּ֣ה עָשִׂ֡יתָ אֶֽת־הַשָּׁמַיִם֩ שְׁמֵ֨י הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם וְכָל־צְבָאָ֗ם הָאָ֜רֶץ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ הַיַּמִּים֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּהֶ֔ם וְאַתָּ֖ה מְחַיֶּ֣ה אֶת־כֻּלָּ֑ם וּצְבָ֥א הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לְךָ֥ מִשְׁתַּחֲוִֽים׃ [Nehemiah 9:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:247` 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 9:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.246/) - next →: [Nehemiah 9:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.248/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.6/)