Ezra 4:2 · JPS 1917

then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them: 'Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.'

Who acts: children, us, we, king · What happens: draw, say, let, build, seek, sacrifice · To what, where: Zerubbabel, us, God · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Ezra 4:2 · 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 (children, us, we, king), 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 drew	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drew	nsubj
3	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	near	near	ADV	_	3 drew	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Zerubbabel	case
6	Zerubbabel	Zerubbabel	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 drew	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heads	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 heads	cc
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 heads	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heads	det
11	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drew	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 houses	case
13	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 houses	nmod:poss
14	'	's	PART	_	13 fathers	case
15	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 heads	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 said	cc
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drew	conj
19	unto	unto	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 said	obl
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 Let	punct
22	'	'	PUNCT	_	23 Let	punct
23	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 said	ccomp
24	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 Let	obj
25	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 Let	xcomp
26	with	with	ADP	_	27 you	case
27	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	25 build	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 seek	punct
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	31 seek	mark
30	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 seek	nsubj
31	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 Let	advcl
32	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 God	nmod:poss
33	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 seek	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 do	punct
35	as	as	SCONJ	_	37 do	mark
36	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	37 do	nsubj
37	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 seek	advcl
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 sacrifice	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 sacrifice	cc
40	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 sacrifice	nsubj
41	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 sacrifice	aux
42	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 said	conj
43	unto	unto	ADP	_	44 Him	case
44	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 sacrifice	obl
45	since	since	ADP	_	47 days	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 days	det
47	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 sacrifice	obl
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 king	case
49	Esarhaddon	Esarhaddon	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 king	nmod
50	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 days	nmod
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 Assyria	case
52	Assyria	Assyria	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 king	nmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 brought	punct
54	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 brought	nsubj
55	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 king	acl:relcl
56	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 brought	obj
57	up	up	ADP	_	55 brought	compound:prt
58	hither	hither	ADV	_	55 brought	advmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drew	punct
60	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 drew	punct

Pragmatics

form: command
act: suggest
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: changed act=suggest

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	children = child		Zerubbabel	then	to the heads of fathers's houses; near property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to zerubbabel=Destination
2	say speech: assert	past	children = child not said here				unto children = child	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	let	infinitive		us				tree rules
4	build	infinitive	us not said here				with you	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent with you=Source
5	seek	present	we	your God				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme
6	sacrifice	present · do-support	we			day	unto God	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	bring up	past	king Esarhaddon of Assyria	us			hither property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent we=Patient

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

וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֗וֹת וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נִבְנֶ֣ה עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֣י כָכֶ֔ם נִדְר֖וֹשׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְל֣וֹ ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ זֹבְחִ֗ים מִימֵי֙ אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖נוּ פֹּֽה׃

Ezra 4:2: 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:97 of Mova's parse database.

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