--- title: Nehemiah 10:39 (JPS 1917) — And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house. Who acts: priest, Levites. 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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 (priest, Levites), 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:318 # text = And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 18 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tithe tithe NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 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 | **is** | shall | the priest | | | | | with the Levites | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | the Levites | tithes | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tithe=Theme | | 3 | **bring up** | shall | the Levites | the tithe of the tithes | | the treasure house | | unto the house of our God; to the chambers | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tithe=Patient | 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} וְהָיָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֧ן בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֛ן עִם־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בַּעְשֵׂ֣ר הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם יַעֲל֨וּ אֶת־מַעֲשַׂ֤ר הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂר֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ אֶל־הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹת לְבֵ֥ית הָאוֹצָֽר׃ [Nehemiah 10:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.39/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:318` 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 10:38 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.317/) - next →: [Nehemiah 10:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.319/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 10:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.39/)