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title: Nehemiah 1:6 (JPS 1917) — let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayes… · tree and pragmatics
description: let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I a
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# Nehemiah 1:6 · JPS 1917

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let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and my father's house have sinned.

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**Who acts:** eyes, ear, Thou, I, we, servant · **What happens:** let, be, hearken, pray, confess, sin · **To what, where:** ear, prayer, sins, children

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This is Nehemiah 1:6 · 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 (eyes, ear, Thou, I), 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:6
# text = let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and my father's house have sinned.
1	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	attentive	attentive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	Thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	16	nsubj	_	_
15	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
17	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	obj	_	_
25	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
27	before	before	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	obl	_	_
29	at	at	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
31	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl:unmarked	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	appos	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
46	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	confess	confess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	obj	_	_
57	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	sinned	sin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	52	acl:relcl	_	_
60	against	against	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	59	obl	_	_
62	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	72	punct	_	_
63	yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	72	discourse	_	_
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
65	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
67	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	nmod:poss	_	_
69	's	's	PART	POS	_	68	case	_	_
70	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	conj	_	_
71	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	72	aux	_	_
72	sinned	sin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | Thine eyes | Thine ear |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | Thine ear *not said here* |  |  |  | now | attentive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hearken** | may | Thou |  |  |  |  | unto the prayer of Thy servant | tree rules |
| 4 | **pray** | present | I | the prayer of Thy servant |  |  | before Thee; day; time | for the children of Israel | tree rules |
| 5 | **confess** | present | I | the sins of the children of Israel |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic |
| 6 | **sin** | present · perfect | we | the children of Israel |  |  |  | against Thee | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 7 | **sin** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **pray** |  | Thy servant |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַשֶּׁ֣בֶת וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ פְתֻוּח֟וֹתלִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עַבְדְּךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִי֩ מִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל לְפָנֶ֤יךָ הַיּוֹם֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֣אנוּ לָ֔ךְ וַאֲנִ֥י וּבֵית־אָבִ֖י חָטָֽאנוּ׃

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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:6` of Mova's parse database.

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