Ezra 8:21 · JPS 1917
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of Him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Who acts: I, we · What happens: proclaim, humble, seek · To what, where: fast, river, ourselves, straight way
This is Ezra 8:21 · 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 (I, we), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 proclaimed | advmod |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 proclaimed | nsubj |
| 3 | proclaimed | proclaim | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fast | det |
| 5 | fast | fast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proclaimed | obj |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 proclaimed | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 river | punct |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 river | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 river | det |
| 10 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proclaimed | obl |
| 11 | Ahava | Ahava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 river | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 humble | punct |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 humble | mark |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 humble | nsubj |
| 15 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 humble | aux |
| 16 | humble | humble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 proclaimed | advcl |
| 17 | ourselves | ourselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 16 humble | obj |
| 18 | before | before | ADP | _ | 20 God | case |
| 19 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 God | nmod:poss |
| 20 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 humble | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 seek | punct |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 seek | mark |
| 23 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 humble | advcl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Him | case |
| 25 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 seek | obl |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 way | det |
| 27 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 way | amod |
| 28 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 seek | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 us | punct |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 us | case |
| 31 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 seek | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 ones | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 ones | cc |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 ones | case |
| 35 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 ones | nmod:poss |
| 36 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 ones | amod |
| 37 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 us | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 substance | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 substance | cc |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 substance | case |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 substance | det:predet |
| 42 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 substance | nmod:poss |
| 43 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 us | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 proclaimed | punct |
Pragmatics
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- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
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- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proclaim | past | I | a fast | the river; there | then | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fast=Theme | ||
| 2 | humble | might | we | ourselves | before our God | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ourselves=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | seek | to-infinitive | we not said here | a straight way | of God; for us | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Location for we=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
וָאֶקְרָ֨א שָׁ֥ם צוֹם֙ עַל־הַנָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְהִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֔ה לָ֥נוּ וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ וּלְכָל־רְכוּשֵֽׁנוּ׃
Ezra 8:21: 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:210 of Mova's parse database.
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