--- title: Nehemiah 2:17 (JPS 1917) — Then said I unto them: 'Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jer… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said I unto them: 'Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire; come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.' Who acts: I, Ye, Jerusalem, us. 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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 (I, Ye, Jerusalem, us), 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:30 # text = Then said I unto them: 'Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire; come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 9 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 12 root _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lieth lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 21 waste waste ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 45 be be AUX VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 46 no no ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | then | unto rulers *= ruler* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | present | Ye | the evil case | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | present | Jerusalem | | | | | waste *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **burn** | present · passive | | the gates | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fire=Instrument | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **build up** | infinitive | us *not said here* | the wall of Jerusalem | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer wall=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | present | we | a reproach | | | | | tree rules | 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} וָאוֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם אַתֶּ֤ם רֹאִים֙ הָרָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנַ֣חְנוּ בָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ נִצְּת֣וּ בָאֵ֑שׁ לְכ֗וּ וְנִבְנֶה֙ אֶת־חוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְלֹא־נִהְיֶ֥ה ע֖וֹד חֶרְפָּֽה׃ [Nehemiah 2:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:30` 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 2:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.29/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.31/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.17/)