--- title: Nehemiah 4:5 (JPS 1917) — And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we… · tree and pragmatics description: And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.' Who acts: adversaries, we, work. 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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 (adversaries, we, work), 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:87 # text = And our adversaries said: 'They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 adversaries adversary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 7 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 13 cc _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | our adversaries | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** | shall | adversaries *= adversary* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | adversaries *= adversary* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | present | we | | | the midst of adversaries | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into midst=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **slay** | infinitive | we *not said here* | adversaries *= adversary* | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **cause** | infinitive | we *not said here* | the work | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cease** | to-infinitive | the work *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ צָרֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א יֵדְעוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָב֥וֹא אֶל־תּוֹכָ֖ם וַהֲרַגְנ֑וּם וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ אֶת־הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ [Nehemiah 4:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.4.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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