Ezra 8:22 · JPS 1917

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; because we had spoken unto the king, saying: 'The hand of our God is upon all them that seek Him, for good; but His power and His wrath is against all them that forsake Him.'

Who acts: I, we, hand, power · What happens: be, ask, help, speak, say, seek · To what, where: band, way, us, God · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Ezra 8:22 · 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, hand, power), 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	For	for	SCONJ	_	4 ashamed	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 ashamed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ashamed	cop
4	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ask	mark
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ashamed	xcomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ask	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 band	det
11	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ask	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 soldiers	case
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 band	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 horsemen	cc
15	horsemen	horseman	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 soldiers	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 help	mark
17	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ask	advcl
18	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 help	obj
19	against	against	ADP	_	21 enemy	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 enemy	det
21	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 help	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 way	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 way	det
24	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ask	obl
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 spoken	punct
26	because	because	SCONJ	_	29 spoken	mark
27	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 spoken	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 spoken	aux
29	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ashamed	advcl
30	unto	unto	ADP	_	32 king	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 king	det
32	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 spoken	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 saying	punct
34	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	29 spoken	advcl
35	:	:	PUNCT	_	45 them	punct
36	'	'	PUNCT	_	45 them	punct
37	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 hand	det
38	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 them	nsubj
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 God	case
40	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 God	nmod:poss
41	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 hand	nmod
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 them	cop
43	upon	upon	ADP	_	45 them	case
44	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	45 them	det:predet
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 saying	ccomp
46	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 seek	nsubj
47	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 them	acl:relcl
48	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 seek	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 good	punct
50	for	for	ADP	_	51 good	case
51	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 seek	obl
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 them	punct
53	but	but	CCONJ	_	62 them	cc
54	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 power	nmod:poss
55	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 them	nsubj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 wrath	cc
57	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 wrath	nmod:poss
58	wrath	wrath	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 power	conj
59	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 them	cop
60	against	against	ADP	_	62 them	case
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	62 them	det:predet
62	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 them	conj
63	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 forsake	nsubj
64	forsake	forsake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 them	acl:relcl
65	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 forsake	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	45 them	punct
67	'	'	PUNCT	_	45 them	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: evaluate
voice: character
polarity: neg
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	I				ashamed property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	I not said here	a band of soldiers and horsemen		the way	of the king	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent band=Recipient
3	help	to-infinitive	I not said here		us		against the enemy	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary
4	speak speech: other	past · perfect	we				unto the king	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	say speech: assert	gerund	we not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is	present	the hand of our God				upon horsemen = horseman	tree rules
7	seek	present		God			for good	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Location for good=Theme
8	is	present	God's power and God's wrath				against power	tree rules
9	forsake	present		God				tree rules

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

כִּ֣י בֹ֗שְׁתִּי לִשְׁא֤וֹל מִן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ חַ֣יִל וּפָרָשִׁ֔ים לְעָזְרֵ֥נוּ מֵאוֹיֵ֖ב בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ כִּֽי־אָמַ֨רְנוּ לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֗ר יַד־אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ עַל־כָּל־מְבַקְשָׁיו֙ לְטוֹבָ֔ה וְעֻזּ֣וֹ וְאַפּ֔וֹ עַ֖ל כָּל־עֹזְבָֽיו׃

Ezra 8:22: 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:211 of Mova's parse database.

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