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title: Nehemiah 9:28 (JPS 1917) — But after they had rest, they did evil again before Thee; therefore… · tree and pragmatics
description: But after they had rest, they did evil again before Thee; therefore didst Thou leave them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried unto Thee, many times didst Thou hear from heaven, and deliver them according to Thy mercies; Who acts: c
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# Nehemiah 9:28 · JPS 1917

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But after they had rest, they did evil again before Thee; therefore didst Thou leave them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried unto Thee, many times didst Thou hear from heaven, and deliver them according to Thy mercies;

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**Who acts:** commandments, Thou · **What happens:** have, do, leave, return, cry, hear · **To what, where:** rest, evil, commandments, hand, dominion, heaven

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This is Nehemiah 9:28 · 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 (commandments, Thou), 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:269
# text = But after they had rest, they did evil again before Thee; therefore didst Thou leave them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried unto Thee, many times didst Thou hear from heaven, and deliver them according to Thy mercies;
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	obl	_	_
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
14	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	didst	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nsubj	_	_
17	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	29	mark	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	fixed	_	_
28	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	dominion	dominion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	over	over	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	_
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
35	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
36	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	38	mark	_	_
37	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	advcl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
42	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	obl	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl:unmarked	_	_
47	didst	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
48	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	49	nsubj	_	_
49	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
50	from	from	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	conj	_	_
55	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	59	case	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	fixed	_	_
58	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	mercies	mercy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	_
60	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | commandments *= commandment* | rest |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | past | commandments *= commandment* | evil |  |  | before Thee; again |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Eventuality |
| 3 | **leave** | past · do-support | Thou | commandments *= commandment* |  | the hand of commandments's enemies |  | therefore *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in hand=Location |
| 4 | **have** | past | commandments *= commandment* | the dominion |  |  |  | over enemies *= enemy* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Patient |
| 5 | **return** | past | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | commandments *= commandment* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto Thee | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **hear** | past · do-support | Thou |  |  | heaven | time |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from heaven=Source |
| 8 | **deliver** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  | accord Thy mercies | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 9 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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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וּכְנ֣וֹחַ לָהֶ֔ם יָשׁ֕וּבוּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רַ֖ע לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתַּֽעַזְבֵ֞ם בְּיַ֤ד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם֙ וַיִּרְדּ֣וּ בָהֶ֔ם וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ וַיִּזְעָק֔וּךָ וְאַתָּ֞ה מִשָּׁמַ֧יִם תִּשְׁמַ֛ע וְתַצִּילֵ֥ם כְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבּ֥וֹת עִתִּֽים׃

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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:269` of Mova's parse database.

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