--- title: Nehemiah 12:31 (JPS 1917) — Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed… · tree and pragmatics description: Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession: on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate; Who acts: I, two great companies. 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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 (I, two great companies), 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:389 # text = Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession: on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate; 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 companies company NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 thanks thanks NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 19 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 toward toward ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 dung dung NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring up** | past | I | the princes of Judah | | | then | upon the wall | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | | 2 | **appoint** | past | I *not said here* | two great companies | | the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | two great companies | thanks | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | two great companies *not said here* | | | procession | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in procession=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} וָאַעֲלֶה֙ אֶת־שָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל לַחוֹמָ֑ה וָאַעֲמִ֡ידָה שְׁתֵּ֣י תוֹדֹת֩ גְּדוֹלֹ֨ת וְתַהֲלֻכֹ֤ת לַיָּמִין֙ מֵעַ֣ל לַחוֹמָ֔ה לְשַׁ֖עַר הָאַשְׁפֹּֽת׃ [Nehemiah 12:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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