--- title: Nehemiah 12:44 (JPS 1917) — And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasur… · tree and pragmatics description: And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.403/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Nehemiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/) / [chapter 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/12/) / [12:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.44/) / JPS 1 # Nehemiah 12:44 · JPS 1917 And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that took their stations. **Who acts:** Judah, Levites · **What happens:** appoint, gather, accord, rejoice, take · **To what, where:** men, chambers, portions, stations This is Nehemiah 12:44 · 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 (Judah, Levites), 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:403 # text = And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that took their stations. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chambers chamber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 heave heave NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 19 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 case _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 47 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:agent _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 57 for for SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 62 conj _ _ 67 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 nsubj _ _ 68 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 acl:relcl _ _ 69 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 stations station NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obj _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | past · passive | | men | | the chambers for the treasures and the heave offerings and the first fruits and the tithes | day | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **gather** | to-infinitive | | the portions | | | | into singers *= singer*; accord the fields of the cities | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient into they=Co-Patient | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **appoint** | participle | | the portions *not said here* | | | | for the priests and Levites | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rejoice** | past | Judah | | | | | for the priests and the Levites | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **take** | past | the Levites | singers's stations | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent station=Theme | 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} וַיִּפָּקְד֣וּ בַיּוֹם֩ הַה֨וּא אֲנָשִׁ֜ים עַל־הַנְּשָׁכ֗וֹת לָא֨וֹצָר֥וֹת לַתְּרוּמוֹת֮ לָרֵאשִׁ֣ית וְלַמַּֽעַשְׂרוֹת֒ לִכְנ֨וֹס בָּהֶ֜ם לִשְׂדֵ֤י הֶעָרִים֙ מְנָא֣וֹת הַתּוֹרָ֔ה לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם כִּ֚י שִׂמְחַ֣ת יְהוּדָ֔ה עַל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְעַל־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם הָעֹמְדִֽים׃ [Nehemiah 12:44: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.44/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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