Ezra 6:12 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem.
Who acts: God, name, kings, house · What happens: cause, dwell, overthrow, put forth, alter, destroy · To what, where: name, kings, hand, same, house, Jerusalem
This is Ezra 6:12 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (God, name, kings, house), 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 overthrow | cc |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 overthrow | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 God | det |
| 4 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 overthrow | nsubj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 caused | nsubj |
| 6 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 caused | aux |
| 7 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 God | acl:relcl |
| 8 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 name | nmod:poss |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caused | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 dwell | mark |
| 11 | dwell | dwell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 caused | xcomp |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 dwell | advmod |
| 13 | overthrow | overthrow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 kings | det |
| 15 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 overthrow | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 peoples | cc |
| 17 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 kings | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 put | punct |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 put | nsubj |
| 20 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 put | aux |
| 21 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 kings | acl:relcl |
| 22 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 21 put | compound:prt |
| 23 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 hand | nmod:poss |
| 24 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 put | obj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 alter | mark |
| 26 | alter | alter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 hand | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 same | det |
| 28 | same | same | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 alter | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 destroy | punct |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 destroy | mark |
| 31 | destroy | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 alter | advcl |
| 32 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 house | det |
| 33 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 destroy | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 God | case |
| 35 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 house | nmod |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 Jerusalem | nsubj |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 Jerusalem | cop |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 Jerusalem | case |
| 39 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 house | acl:relcl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 overthrow | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- other
- act
- request
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=request, form=other
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present · perfect | the God | God's name | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dwell | to-infinitive | God's name not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | overthrow | may | the God | all kings and peoples | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | put forth | shall | all kings and peoples | peoples's hand | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | ||||
| 5 | alter | to-infinitive | all kings and peoples not said here | the same | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent same=Patient | ||||
| 6 | destroy | to-infinitive | all kings and peoples not said here | this house of God | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | ||||
| 7 | is | present | this house of God | Jerusalem | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | name | God | 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 Aramaic of this verse
וֵֽאלָהָ֞א דִּ֣י שַׁכִּ֧ן שְׁמֵ֣הּ תַּמָּ֗ה יְמַגַּ֞ר כָּל־מֶ֤לֶךְ וְעַם֙ דִּ֣י ׀ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְדֵ֗הּ לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה לְחַבָּלָ֛ה בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם אֲנָ֤ה דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ שָׂ֣מֶת טְעֵ֔ם אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃פ
Ezra 6:12: the Aramaic tree, its pragmatics →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem.
- I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EZR:148 of Mova's parse database.
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