Ezra 5:3 · JPS 1917
At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this structure?'
Who acts: Tattenai · What happens: come, say, give, build, finish · To what, where: prophets, decree, you, house, structure · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Ezra 5:3 · 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 (Tattenai), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 came | obl |
| 8 | Tattenai | Tattenai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 governor | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 governor | det |
| 11 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Tattenai | appos |
| 12 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 14 River | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 River | det |
| 14 | River | River | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 governor | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Shethar | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Shethar | cc |
| 17 | Shethar | Shethar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Tattenai | conj |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Shethar | flat |
| 19 | bozenai | bozenai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Shethar | flat |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 companions | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 companions | cc |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 companions | nmod:poss |
| 23 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Tattenai | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 said | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 said | cc |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | conj |
| 27 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 26 said | advmod |
| 28 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 29 them | case |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 said | obl |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 gave | punct |
| 31 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 33 gave | punct |
| 32 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 33 gave | nsubj |
| 33 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 said | ccomp |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 gave | iobj |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 decree | det |
| 36 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 gave | obj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 build | mark |
| 38 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 decree | acl |
| 39 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 house | det |
| 40 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 build | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 finish | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 finish | cc |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 finish | mark |
| 44 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 build | conj |
| 45 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 structure | det |
| 46 | structure | structure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 finish | obj |
| 47 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 33 gave | punct |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 33 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- wh-question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Tattenai and Shethar and prophets's companions | prophets = prophet | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Tattenai and Shethar and prophets's companions not said here | unto prophets = prophet; thus property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | give | past | a decree | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient decree=Theme | ||||
| 4 | build | to-infinitive | this house | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | |||||
| 5 | finish | to-infinitive | this structure | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality structure=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 Aramaic of this verse
בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא֩ אֲתָ֨א עֲלֵיה֜וֹן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה וּשְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לְהֹ֔ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לִבְּנֵ֔א וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ס
Ezra 5:3: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EZR:122 of Mova's parse database.
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