--- title: Nehemiah 2:18 (JPS 1917) — And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as als… · tree and pragmatics description: And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. Who acts: I, God, Jerusalem, king. 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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, God, Jerusalem, king), 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:31 # text = And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | gates *= gate* | | | of the hand of my God; as the king's words | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | my God | | | | | upon me; good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | Jerusalem | the king's words | | | | unto me | tree rules | | 4 | **word** | | the king | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: 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} וָאַגִּ֨יד לָהֶ֜ם אֶת־יַ֣ד אֱלֹהַ֗י אֲשֶׁר־הִיא֙ טוֹבָ֣ה עָלַ֔י וְאַף־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר־לִ֑י וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ נָק֣וּם וּבָנִ֔ינוּ וַיְחַזְּק֥וּ יְדֵיהֶ֖ם לַטּוֹבָֽה׃פ [Nehemiah 2:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.18/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me.** 2. [And they said: 'Let us rise up and build.' So they strengthened their hands for the good work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:31` 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 2:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.30/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.32/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.18/)