--- title: Nehemiah 1:8 (JPS 1917) — Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy serva… · tree and pragmatics description: Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples; Who acts: you, I, Thou, ye. 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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 (you, I, Thou, ye), 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:8 # text = Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples; 1 Remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beseech beseech VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 10 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 11 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 19 If if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 deal deal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 22 treacherously treacherously ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 scatter scatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 among among ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* | the word | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **beseech** | present | I | Thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **command** | past · do-support | Thou | the word | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **deal** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | | | | treacherously *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **scatter** | future | I | you | | | | among the peoples; abroad *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme among people=Destination | 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} זְכָר־נָא֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַתֶּ֣ם תִּמְעָ֔לוּ אֲנִ֕י אָפִ֥יץ אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַמִּֽים׃ [Nehemiah 1:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NEH:8` 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 1:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.7/) - next →: [Nehemiah 1:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.9/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.8/)