--- title: Nehemiah 13:1 (JPS 1917) — On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the peo… · tree and pragmatics description: On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever; Who acts: they, Ammonite, people. 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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 (they, Ammonite, people), 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:407 # text = On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever; 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 therein therein ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 22 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 xcomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Ammonite Ammonite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Moabite Moabite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 for for ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 32 advmod _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 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 | **read** | past | they | | | the book of Moses | day | in the hearing of the people | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | they *not said here* | | | | | therein *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: clause=Theme | | 3 | **write** | participle | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **enter** | should | a Ammonite and a Moabite | | | the assembly of God | | for *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into assembly=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hear** | | the people | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נִקְרָ֛א בְּסֵ֥פֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וְנִמְצָא֙ כָּת֣וּב בּ֔וֹ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹא־יָב֨וֹא עַמֹּנִ֧י וּמֹאָבִ֛י בִּקְהַ֥ל הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ [Nehemiah 13:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:407` 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 12:47 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.406/) - next →: [Nehemiah 13:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.408/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 13:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.1/)