--- title: Nehemiah 12:39 (JPS 1917) — and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the gate of the old city and b… · tree and pragmatics description: and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the gate of the old city and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guard. Who acts: gates. 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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 (gates), 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:397 # text = and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the gate of the old city and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guard. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 above above ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ephraim Ephraim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Hananel Hananel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Hammeah Hammeah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 still still ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **stand** | past | gates *= gate* | | | the gate of the guard | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in gate=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} וּמֵעַ֣ל לְשַֽׁעַר־אֶ֠פְרַיִם וְעַל־שַׁ֨עַר הַיְשָׁנָ֜ה שַׁ֨עַר הַיְשָׁנָ֜ה וְעַל־שַׁ֣עַר הַדָּגִ֗ים וּמִגְדַּ֤ל חֲנַנְאֵל֙ וּמִגְדַּ֣ל הַמֵּאָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד שַׁ֣עַר הַצֹּ֑אןוְעָ֣מְד֔וּ בְּשַׁ֖עַר הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ [Nehemiah 12:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.39/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:397` 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 12:38 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.396/) - next →: [Nehemiah 12:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.398/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 12:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.39/)