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title: Nehemiah 11:17 (JPS 1917) — and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, w… · tree and pragmatics
description: and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. Who acts: son. Nehemiah 11:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tr
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# Nehemiah 11:17 · JPS 1917

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and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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**Who acts:** son · **What happens:** be, begin · **To what, where:** chief, thanksgiving, prayer

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This is Nehemiah 11:17 · 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 (son), 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:337
# text = and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	Mattaniah	Mattaniah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mica	Mica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Zabdi	Zabdi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Asaph	Asaph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	acl:relcl	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	begin	begin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	thanksgiving	thanksgiving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	Bakbukiah	Bakbukiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	30	appos	_	_
34	among	among	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	_
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	Abda	Abda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Shammua	Shammua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Galal	Galal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	Jeduthun	Jeduthun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	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** | past | the son of Asaph and Bakbukiah | the chief |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** | to-infinitive | the son of Asaph and Bakbukiah *not said here* | the thanksgiving |  | prayer |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanksgiving=Eventuality |

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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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וּמַתַּנְיָ֣ה בֶן־מִ֠יכָה בֶּן־זַבְדִּ֨י בֶן־אָסָ֜ף רֹ֗אשׁ הַתְּחִלָּה֙ יְהוֹדֶ֣ה לַתְּפִלָּ֔ה וּבַקְבֻּקְיָ֖ה מִשְׁנֶ֣ה מֵאֶחָ֑יו וְעַבְדָּא֙ בֶּן־שַׁמּ֔וּעַ בֶּן־גָּלָ֖ל בֶּן־יְדוּתֽוּן׃

[Nehemiah 11:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.17/)

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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:337` of Mova's parse database.

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