--- title: Nehemiah 10:37 (JPS 1917) — also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written… · tree and pragmatics description: also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God; Who acts: priests. 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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 (priests), 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:316 # text = also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God; 1 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ _ 5 born born NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 firstlings firstling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 minister minister VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 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 | **write** | present · passive | | house | | the Law | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in law=Destination | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | | | the house of our God | | unto the priests | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to house=Destination | | 3 | **minister** | present | the priests | | | the house of our God | | | 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} וְאֶת־בְּכֹר֤וֹת בָּנֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּבְהֶמְתֵּ֔ינוּ כַּכָּת֖וּב בַּתּוֹרָ֑ה וְאֶת־בְּכוֹרֵ֨י בְקָרֵ֜ינוּ וְצֹאנֵ֗ינוּ לְהָבִיא֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ לַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים הַמְשָׁרְתִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ [Nehemiah 10:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.37/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:316` 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 10:36 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.315/) - next →: [Nehemiah 10:38 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.317/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 10:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.37/)