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title: Nehemiah 13:13 (JPS 1917) — And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. Who acts: I, Hanan, office. 
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# Nehemiah 13:13 · JPS 1917

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And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

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**Who acts:** I, Hanan, office · **What happens:** make, be, count · **To what, where:** treasurers, treasuries

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This is Nehemiah 13:13 · 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 (I, Hanan, office), 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:419
# text = And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	treasurers	treasurer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	treasuries	treasury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Shelemiah	Shelemiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Zadok	Zadok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	scribe	scribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Levites	Levite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	Pedaiah	Pedaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	next	next	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	28	case	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	fixed	_	_
28	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	conj	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
30	Hanan	Hanan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Zaccur	Zaccur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Mattaniah	Mattaniah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	advcl	_	_
45	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	xcomp	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	cop	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	distribute	distribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
53	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | I | treasurers |  | the treasuries |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasurer=Product |
| 2 | **is** | past | Hanan |  |  |  |  | next treasuries *= treasury* | tree rules |
| 3 | **count** | past · passive |  | treasuries *= treasury* |  |  |  | faithful *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | treasuries's office |  |  |  |  | unto treasuries's brethren; distribute *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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וָאוֹצְרָ֣ה עַל־א֠וֹצָרוֹת שֶׁלֶמְיָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְצָד֣וֹק הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר וּפְדָיָה֙ מִן־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְעַל־יָדָ֔ם חָנָ֥ן בֶּן־זַכּ֖וּר בֶּן־מַתַּנְיָ֑ה כִּ֤י נֶאֱמָנִים֙ נֶחְשָׁ֔בוּ וַעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לַחֲלֹ֥ק לַאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃פ

[Nehemiah 13:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.13/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:419` of Mova's parse database.

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