--- title: Nehemiah 10:35 (JPS 1917) — And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the… · tree and pragmatics description: And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law; Who acts: we. 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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 (we), 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:314 # text = And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Levites Levite PROPN NNP Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 case _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 ' 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 41 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 ; ; 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 | **cast** | past | we | lots and the priests and the Levites and the people | | | | for the wood offering; accord our fathers's houses | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lot=Product for offering=Beneficiary | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | offering | | the house of our God | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into house=Destination | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **appoint** | participle | | our fathers's houses *not said here* | | | time; year | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **burn** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | the altar of the LORD | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon altar=Location | | 6 | **write** | present · passive | | offering | | the Law | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in law=Destination | 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} וְהַגּוֹרָל֨וֹת הִפַּ֜לְנוּ עַל־קֻרְבַּ֣ן הָעֵצִ֗ים הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּם֮ וְהָעָם֒ לְ֠הָבִיא לְבֵ֨ית אֱלֹהֵ֧ינוּ לְבֵית־אֲבֹתֵ֛ינוּ לְעִתִּ֥ים מְזֻמָּנִ֖ים שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה לְבַעֵ֗ר עַל־מִזְבַּח֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ כַּכָּת֖וּב בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃ [Nehemiah 10:35: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.35/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:314` 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 10:34 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.313/) - next →: [Nehemiah 10:36 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.315/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 10:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.35/)