--- title: Nehemiah 10:38 (JPS 1917) — and that we should bring the first of our dough, and our heave-offer… · tree and pragmatics description: and that we should bring the first of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our land unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of ou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.317/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Nehemiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/) / [chapter 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/10/) / [10:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.38/) / JPS 1 # Nehemiah 10:38 · JPS 1917 and that we should bring the first of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our land unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. **Who acts:** we, priests, our · **What happens:** bring, take, offer · **To what, where:** first, chambers, tithes, cities This is Nehemiah 10:38 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, priests, our), 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:317 # text = and that we should bring the first of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our land unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 first first NOUN JJ Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 dough dough NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heave heave NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 16 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 unto unto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 57 for for SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 58 conj _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 69 det:predet _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 tillage tillage NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | should | we | the first of our dough and our heave offerings and the fruit of all manner of trees and the wine and the oil | | the chambers of the house of our God and the tithes of our land unto the Levites | | unto the priests | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent first=Theme to chamber=Destination | | 2 | **take** | present | priests *= priest* | the tithes | | all cities of our tillage | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tithe=Value in city=Location | | 3 | **offer** | | our | | | | | | nom offering «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} וְאֶת־רֵאשִׁ֣ית עֲרִיסֹתֵ֣ינוּ וּ֠תְרוּמֹתֵינוּ וּפְרִ֨י כָל־עֵ֜ץ תִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְיִצְהָ֗ר נָבִ֤יא לַכֹּהֲנִים֙ אֶל־לִשְׁכ֣וֹת בֵּית־אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ וּמַעְשַׂ֥ר אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ לַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהֵם֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַֽמְעַשְּׂרִ֔ים בְּכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֥י עֲבֹדָתֵֽנוּ׃ [Nehemiah 10:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:317` 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 10:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.316/) - next →: [Nehemiah 10:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.318/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 10:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.38/)