--- title: Nehemiah 9:17 (JPS 1917) — and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Tho… · tree and pragmatics description: and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and fors --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.258/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/9/) / [9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.17/) / JPS 1 # Nehemiah 9:17 · JPS 1917 and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not. **Who acts:** Thou, Thy, commandments · **What happens:** refuse, not hearken, be, do, harden, appoint · **To what, where:** wonders, neck, captain, rebellion, God, commandments This is Nehemiah 9:17 · 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 (Thou, Thy, commandments), 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:258 # text = and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 7 cc _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 mindful mindful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 hardened harden VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 rebellion rebellion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 27 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 bondage bondage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 38 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 41 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 pardon pardon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 plenteous plenteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 forsookest forsake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **hearken** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | of Thy wonders; mindful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | past | Thou | Thy wonders | | | | among commandments *= commandment* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **harden** | past | | commandments's neck | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | | 6 | **appoint** | past | | a captain | | commandments's rebellion | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Theme | | 7 | **return** | to-infinitive | | a captain *not said here* | | | | to commandments's bondage *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bondage=Result | | 8 | **is a** | present | | a God | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **pardon** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **forsake** | past | | commandments *= commandment* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **wonder** | | Thy | | | | | | nom wonder «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **rebel** | | commandments *= commandment* | | | | | | nom rebellion «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ וְלֹא־זָכְר֤וּ נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּהֶ֔ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם וַיִּתְּנוּ־רֹ֛אשׁ לָשׁ֥וּב לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם בְּמִרְיָ֑ם וְאַתָּה֩ אֱל֨וֹהַּ סְלִיח֜וֹת חַנּ֧וּן וְרַח֛וּם אֶֽרֶךְ־אַפַּ֥יִם וְרַב־חֶ֖סֶדוְלֹ֥א עֲזַבְתָּֽם׃ [Nehemiah 9:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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