--- title: Nehemiah 11:1 (JPS 1917) — And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem; the rest of the pe… · tree and pragmatics description: And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem; the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. Who acts: princes, rest. 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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 (princes, rest), 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:320 # text = And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem; the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 also also ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **dwell** | past | the princes of the people | | | Jerusalem | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jerusalem=Location | | 2 | **cast** | past | the rest of the people | lots | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the rest of the people *not said here* | one of ten and nine parts in the other cities | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | the rest of the people *not said here* | | | Jerusalem | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jerusalem=Location | 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} וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ שָׂרֵֽי־הָעָ֖ם בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּשְׁאָ֣ר הָ֠עָם הִפִּ֨ילוּ גוֹרָל֜וֹת לְהָבִ֣יא ׀ אֶחָ֣ד מִן־הָעֲשָׂרָ֗ה לָשֶׁ֙בֶת֙ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עִ֣יר הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ וְתֵ֥שַׁע הַיָּד֖וֹת בֶּעָרִֽים׃ [Nehemiah 11:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:320` 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 10:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.319/) - next →: [Nehemiah 11:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.321/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.1/)