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title: Nehemiah 11:3 (JPS 1917) — Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; bu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israelites, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants. Who acts: these, province, one, Jerusalem. Nehem
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# Nehemiah 11:3 · JPS 1917

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Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israelites, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

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**Who acts:** these, province, one, Jerusalem · **What happens:** be, dwell, possess · **To what, where:** chiefs, Jerusalem, cities

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This is Nehemiah 11:3 · 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 (these, province, one, Jerusalem), 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:322
# text = Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israelites, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
21	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	case	_	_
31	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	Israelites	israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Levites	levite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Nethinim	Nethinim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nmod:poss	_	_
51	's	's	PART	POS	_	50	case	_	_
52	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | these | the chiefs |  |  | now | of the province | tree rules |
| 2 | **dwell** | past | the province |  |  | Jerusalem |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jerusalem=Location |
| 3 | **dwell** | past | every one in Jerusalem's possession in chiefs's cities |  |  | the cities of Judah |  | to wit and Israelites and the priests and the Levites and the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location |
| 4 | **possess** |  | Jerusalem |  |  | chiefs's cities |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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}

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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ רָאשֵׁ֣י הַמְּדִינָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשְׁב֖וּ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּבְעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה יָֽשְׁב֞וּ אִ֤ישׁ בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ֙ בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל הַכֹּהֲנִים֙ וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם וְהַנְּתִינִ֔ים וּבְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

[Nehemiah 11:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.3/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:322` of Mova's parse database.

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