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title: Nehemiah 9:29 (JPS 1917) — and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy… · tree and pragmatics
description: and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. Wh
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# Nehemiah 9:29 · JPS 1917

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and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

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**Who acts:** Thou, commandments, man, Thy, Thine · **What happens:** forewarn, bring back, deal, not hearken, sin, live · **To what, where:** commandments, stubborn shoulder, neck · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Nehemiah 9:29 · 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, commandments, man, Thy), 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:270
# text = and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	didst	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forewarn	forewarn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
8	mightest	might	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	dealt	deal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	hearkened	hearken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
24	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	sinned	sin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
30	against	against	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	Thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	ordinances	ordinance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	obj	_	_
35	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
38	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	acl:relcl	_	_
43	by	by	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obl	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	hardened	harden	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
54	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
58	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
59	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	60	advmod	_	_
60	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 | **forewarn** | past · do-support |  | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring back** | might | Thou | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  | unto Thy law | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **deal** | past | commandments *= commandment* |  |  |  |  | proudly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **hearken** | past | commandments *= commandment* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto Thy commandments | tree rules |
| 5 | **sin** | past | commandments *= commandment* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against Thine ordinances | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against ordinance=Maleficiary |
| 6 | **live** | shall | man |  |  |  |  | by commandments *= commandment* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by they=Location |
| 7 | **present** | past | commandments *= commandment* *not said here* | a stubborn shoulder |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoulder=Theme |
| 8 | **harden** | past | commandments *= commandment* *not said here* | commandments's neck |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |
| 9 | **not** **hear** | would | commandments *= commandment* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 10 | **command** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **ordain** |  | Thine |  |  |  |  |  | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: poss=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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וַתָּ֨עַד בָּהֶ֜ם לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם אֶל־תּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְהֵ֨מָּה הֵזִ֜ידוּ וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֤וּ לְמִצְוֺתֶ֙יךָ֙ וּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ חָֽטְאוּ־בָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם וְחָיָ֣ה בָהֶ֑ם וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ כָתֵף֙ סוֹרֶ֔רֶת וְעָרְפָּ֥ם הִקְשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃

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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:270` of Mova's parse database.

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