Nehemiah 1:11 · JPS 1917
O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was cupbearer to the king.
Who acts: I, you, ear, servants, servant, Thy · What happens: beseech, let, be, delight, fear, prosper · To what, where: Thee, ear, name, servant, mercy, LORD
This is Nehemiah 1:11 · 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, you, ear, servants), 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 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 2 Lord | discourse |
| 2 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 let | vocative |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Lord | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 beseech | nsubj |
| 5 | beseech | beseech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 let | parataxis |
| 6 | Thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 beseech | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 beseech | punct |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 let | advmod |
| 10 | Thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 ear | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 let | obj |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 attentive | cop |
| 13 | attentive | attentive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 let | xcomp |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 prayer | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 prayer | det |
| 16 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 attentive | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 servant | case |
| 18 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 19 servant | nmod:poss |
| 19 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 prayer | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 prayer | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 prayer | cc |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 prayer | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 prayer | det |
| 24 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 prayer | conj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 servants | case |
| 26 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 27 servants | nmod:poss |
| 27 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 prayer | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 delight | punct |
| 29 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 delight | nsubj |
| 30 | delight | delight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 servants | acl:relcl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 fear | mark |
| 32 | fear | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 delight | xcomp |
| 33 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 name | nmod:poss |
| 34 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fear | obj |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 prosper | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 prosper | cc |
| 37 | prosper | prosper | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 pray | punct |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 pray | nsubj |
| 40 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 prosper | parataxis |
| 41 | Thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 40 pray | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 servant | punct |
| 43 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 servant | nmod:poss |
| 44 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 prosper | obj |
| 45 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 day | det |
| 46 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 prosper | obl:unmarked |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 grant | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 grant | cc |
| 49 | grant | grant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 prosper | conj |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 grant | iobj |
| 51 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 grant | obj |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 sight | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 sight | det |
| 54 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 grant | obl |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 man | case |
| 56 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 57 man | det |
| 57 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 sight | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 59 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 60 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 63 cupbearer | advmod |
| 61 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 63 cupbearer | nsubj |
| 62 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 cupbearer | cop |
| 63 | cupbearer | cupbearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 let | parataxis |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 king | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 king | det |
| 66 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 cupbearer | nmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beseech | present | I | Thee | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | let | imperative | you not said here | Thine ear | now | Lord vocative | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | ||
| 3 | is | infinitive | Thine ear not said here | to the prayer of Thy servant and the prayer of Thy servants; attentive property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | delight | present | Thy servants | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | fear | to-infinitive | Thy servants not said here | Thy name | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | prosper | infinitive | you not said here | Thy servant | day | tree rules | |||
| 7 | pray | present | I | Thee | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | grant | infinitive | you not said here | mercy | LORD | the sight of this man | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal mercy=Theme | ||
| 9 | is a | past | I | cupbearer | now | to the king | tree rules | ||
| 10 | pray | Thy servant | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 11 | pray | Thy servants | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 12 | name | Thy | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | sight | this man | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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
אָנָּ֣א אֲדֹנָ֗י תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַ֠שֶּׁבֶת אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֨ת עַבְדְּךָ֜ וְאֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙ לְיִרְאָ֣ה אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־נָּ֤א לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וּתְנֵ֣הוּ לְרַחֲמִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וַאֲנִ֛י הָיִ֥יתִי מַשְׁקֶ֖ה לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ
Nehemiah 1:11: 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:NEH:11 of Mova's parse database.
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