--- title: Nehemiah 3:15 (JPS 1917) — And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the rule… · tree and pragmatics description: And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the cit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.54/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/3/) / [3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.15/) / JPS 1 # Nehemiah 3:15 · JPS 1917 And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. **Who acts:** fountain gate, son, stairs · **What happens:** repair, build, cover, set up, go down · **To what, where:** Shallun, gate, doors, city This is Nehemiah 3:15 · 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 (fountain gate, son, stairs), 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:54 # text = And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 repaired repair VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Shallun Shallun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Colhozeh Colhozeh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Mizpah Mizpah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bolts bolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 37 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 42 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Shelah Shelah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 's 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 even even ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 59 unto unto ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 62 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 down down ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 65 from from ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repair** | past | the fountain gate | Shallun | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent shallun=Patient | | 2 | **build** | past | son | gate | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 3 | **cover** | past | son *not said here* | gate | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | | 4 | **set up** | past | son *not said here* | the doors and the bolts and the bars | | | | unto the stairs | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent door=Theme wall=Destination | | 5 | **go down** | present | the stairs | | | the city of David | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וְאֵת֩ שַׁ֨עַר הָעַ֜יִן הֶ֠חֱזִיק שַׁלּ֣וּן בֶּן־כָּל־חֹזֶה֮כָּל־חֹזֶה֮ שַׂ֣ר פֶּ֣לֶךְ הַמִּצְפָּה֒ ה֤וּא יִבְנֶ֙נּוּ֙ וִיטַֽלְלֶ֔נּוּ וְיַעֲמִיד֙ דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו מַנְעֻלָ֖יו וּבְרִיחָ֑יו וְ֠אֵת חוֹמַ֞ת בְּרֵכַ֤ת הַשֶּׁ֙לַח֙ לְגַן־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְעַד־הַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת הַיּוֹרְד֖וֹת מֵעִ֥יר דָּוִֽיד׃ס [Nehemiah 3:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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