--- title: Nehemiah 2:16 (JPS 1917) — And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I… · tree and pragmatics description: And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. Who acts: rulers, I, rest. 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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 (rulers, I, rest), 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:29 # text = And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 6 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 yet yet ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 34 cc _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 44 cc _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past | the rulers | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | I | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | I | wall | the Jews nor the priests nor the nobles nor the rulers nor the rest | | yet | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to jew=Recipient | | 5 | **do** | past | the rest | the work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | 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} וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ אָ֣נָה הָלַ֔כְתִּי וּמָ֖ה אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֑ה וְלַיְּהוּדִ֨ים וְלַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים וְלַחֹרִ֣ים וְלַסְּגָנִ֗ים וּלְיֶ֙תֶר֙ עֹשֵׂ֣ה הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה עַד־כֵּ֖ן לֹ֥א הִגַּֽדְתִּי׃ [Nehemiah 2:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:29` 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 2:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.28/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.30/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.16/)