Nehemiah 6:18 · JPS 1917
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife.
Who acts: many, Judah, son · What happens: be, swear, take · To what, where: son, law, daughter, wife
This is Nehemiah 6:18 · 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 (many, Judah, son), 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 | _ | 3 were | mark |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 were | expl |
| 3 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 were | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Judah | case |
| 6 | Judah | Judah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 many | nmod |
| 7 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 many | acl |
| 8 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sworn | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 son | punct |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 15 son | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 son | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 son | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 son | det |
| 15 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 were | advcl |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 law | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 law | case |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 in | punct |
| 19 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 son | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Shecaniah | case |
| 21 | Shecaniah | Shecaniah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 law | nmod |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 son | det |
| 23 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Shecaniah | appos |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Arah | case |
| 25 | Arah | Arah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 son | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 taken | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 taken | cc |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 son | nmod:poss |
| 29 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 taken | nsubj |
| 30 | Jehohanan | Jehohanan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 son | appos |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 taken | aux |
| 32 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 were | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 daughter | det |
| 34 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 taken | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Meshullam | case |
| 36 | Meshullam | Meshullam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 daughter | nmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 son | det |
| 38 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Meshullam | appos |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Berechiah | case |
| 40 | Berechiah | Berechiah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 son | nmod |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 wife | case |
| 42 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 taken | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 were | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | many in Judah | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swear | participle | unto Judah | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | Judah | the son | law of Shecaniah | tree rules | |||
| 4 | take | past · perfect | Judah's son | the daughter of Meshullam | wife | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to wife=Destination |
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
כִּי־רַבִּ֣ים בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י שְׁבוּעָה֙ ל֔וֹ כִּי־חָתָ֥ן ה֖וּא לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה בֶן־אָרַ֑ח וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֣ן בְּנ֔וֹ לָקַ֕ח אֶת־בַּת־מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם בֶּ֥ן בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה׃
Nehemiah 6:18: 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:NEH:141 of Mova's parse database.
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