Ezra 8:18 · JPS 1917
And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Who acts: people · What happens: accord, bring · To what, where: man, us
This is Ezra 8:18 · 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 (people), 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 brought | cc |
| 2 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 hand | case |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 2 according | fixed |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hand | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hand | amod |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 brought | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 God | case |
| 8 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 God | nmod:poss |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hand | nmod |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 us | case |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 God | nmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 brought | nsubj |
| 13 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 brought | iobj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 man | det |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 brought | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 discretion | case |
| 18 | discretion | discretion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 man | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sons | punct |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 sons | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 sons | det |
| 22 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 man | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Mahli | case |
| 24 | Mahli | Mahli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 sons | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 son | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 son | det |
| 27 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Mahli | appos |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Levi | case |
| 29 | Levi | Levi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 son | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 son | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 son | det |
| 32 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Mahli | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Israel | case |
| 34 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 son | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 Sherebiah | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 Sherebiah | cc |
| 37 | Sherebiah | Sherebiah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 man | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sons | punct |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 sons | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 sons | nmod:poss |
| 41 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 Sherebiah | nmod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 brethren | cc |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 44 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 sons | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 eighteen | punct |
| 46 | eighteen | eighteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 sons | appos |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | bring | past | people | a man of discretion of the sons of Mahli and the son of Israel and Sherebiah with God's sons and God's brethren | us | accord the good hand of our God upon us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination man=Theme |
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
וַיָּבִ֨יאּוּ לָ֜נוּ כְּיַד־אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ הַטּוֹבָ֤ה עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ שֶׂ֔כֶל מִבְּנֵ֣י מַחְלִ֔י בֶּן־לֵוִ֖י בֶּן־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֛ה וּבָנָ֥יו וְאֶחָ֖יו שְׁמֹנָ֥ה עָשָֽׂר׃
Ezra 8:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EZR:207 of Mova's parse database.
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