--- title: Nehemiah 13:5 (JPS 1917) — had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the… · tree and pragmatics description: had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests. 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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 (chambers, commandment), 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:411 # text = had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests. 1 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 10 aforetime aforetime ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 16 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 frankincense frankincense NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 porters porter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 heave heave NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ _ 60 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nmod _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | past · perfect | | a great chamber | | | | for God | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chamber=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 2 | **lay** | past | chambers *= chamber* | the meal offerings and the frankincense and the vessels and the tithes of the corn and the wine and the oil and the heave offerings for the priests | | | | aforetime *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Result | | 3 | **give** | past · passive | commandment | the oil | the Levites and the singers and the porters | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to levite=Recipient | 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} וַיַּ֨עַשׂ ל֜וֹ לִשְׁכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֗ה וְשָׁ֣ם הָי֪וּ לְפָנִ֟ים נֹ֠תְנִים אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֨ה הַלְּבוֹנָ֜ה וְהַכֵּלִ֗ים וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר הַדָּגָן֙ הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר מִצְוַת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים וּתְרוּמַ֖ת הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ [Nehemiah 13:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:411` 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 13:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.410/) - next →: [Nehemiah 13:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.412/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 13:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.5/)