--- title: Nehemiah 13:10 (JPS 1917) — And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given… · tree and pragmatics description: And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. Who acts: I, Levites. 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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, 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:416 # text = And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 16 so so SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 one one PRON NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **perceive** | past | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the portions of the Levites | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past | the Levites and the singers | the work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 4 | **flee** | past · passive | | the Levites and the singers | | | | to God's field | tree rules | 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} וָאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה כִּֽי־מְנָי֥וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֖ם לֹ֣א נִתָּ֑נָה וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ אִישׁ־לְשָׂדֵ֛הוּ הַלְוִיִּ֥ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים עֹשֵׂ֥י הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ [Nehemiah 13:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:416` 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 13:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.415/) - next →: [Nehemiah 13:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.417/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 13:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.10/)