--- title: Nehemiah 1:9 (JPS 1917) — but if ye return unto Me, and keep My commandments and do them, thou… · tree and pragmatics description: but if ye return unto Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though your dispersed were in the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to dwell there. Who acts: ye, dispersed, I, name. 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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 (ye, dispersed, I, name), 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:9 # text = but if ye return unto Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though your dispersed were in the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to dwell there. 1 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 though though SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 dispersed dispersed NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 uttermost uttermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 thence thence ADV RB _ 31 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 53 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 31 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 | **return** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | | | | unto Me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | My commandments | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 3 | **do** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | commandments *= commandment* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | past | your dispersed | | | the uttermost part | | of the heaven | tree rules | | 5 | **gather** | future | I | commandments *= commandment* | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from thence=Source | | 6 | **bring** | future | I *not said here* | commandments *= commandment* | | | | unto the place | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **choose** | present · perfect | I | the place | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cause** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | My name | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | My name *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **command** | | My | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **name** | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְשַׁבְתֶּ֣ם אֵלַ֔י וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ מִצְוֺתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אִם־יִהְיֶ֨ה נִֽדַּחֲכֶ֜ם בִּקְצֵ֤ה הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִשָּׁ֣ם אֲקַבְּצֵ֔ם וַהֲבִֽיאוֹתִים֙ אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתִּי לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י שָֽׁם׃ [Nehemiah 1:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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