Nehemiah 13:19 · JPS 1917

And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath; and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

Who acts: gates, I, some · What happens: come, pass, begin, be, command, shut · To what, where: sabbath, doors, gates, burden · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Nehemiah 13:19 · 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 (gates, I, some), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 came	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	expl
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pass	mark
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 came	xcomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 began	mark
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 began	punct
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 began	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gates	det
10	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 began	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Jerusalem	case
12	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 gates	nmod
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	16 dark	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 dark	cop
16	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 began	xcomp
17	before	before	ADP	_	19 sabbath	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sabbath	det
19	sabbath	sabbath	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dark	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 began	punct
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 commanded	nsubj
22	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 began	ccomp
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 shut	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 doors	det
25	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 shut	nsubj:pass
26	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 shut	aux
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	28 shut	aux:pass
28	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 commanded	ccomp
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 commanded	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 commanded	cc
31	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 commanded	conj
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 opened	mark
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 opened	nsubj:pass
34	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 opened	aux
35	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 opened	advmod
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 opened	aux:pass
37	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 commanded	ccomp
38	till	till	ADP	_	41 sabbath	case
39	after	after	ADP	_	41 sabbath	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 sabbath	det
41	sabbath	sabbath	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 opened	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 set	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 set	cc
44	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	48 set	nsubj
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 servants	case
46	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 servants	nmod:poss
47	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 some	nmod
48	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 set	nsubj
50	over	over	ADP	_	52 gates	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 gates	det
52	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 set	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 brought	punct
54	that	that	SCONJ	_	60 brought	mark
55	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	60 brought	expl
56	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 brought	aux
57	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	58 burden	det
58	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 brought	nsubj:pass
59	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	60 brought	aux:pass
60	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 set	advcl
61	in	in	ADP	_	60 brought	compound:prt
62	on	on	ADP	_	65 day	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 day	det
64	sabbath	sabbath	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 day	compound
65	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 brought	obl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: narrate
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past		sabbath				tree rules
2	pass	to-infinitive						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	begin	past	the gates of Jerusalem					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	is	to-infinitive	the gates of Jerusalem not said here			before the sabbath	dark property	tree rules
5	command	past	I					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	shut	should · passive		the doors				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
7	command	past	I not said here					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	not open	should · passive		doors = door		till the sabbath		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
9	set	past	some		the gates			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over gate=Destination
10	bring in	should · passive		no burden	there	day		vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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

וַיְהִ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִפְנֵ֣י הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ וַיִּסָּגְר֣וּ הַדְּלָת֔וֹת וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִפְתָּח֔וּם עַ֖ד אַחַ֣ר הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י הֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙ עַל־הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לֹא־יָב֥וֹא מַשָּׂ֖א בְּי֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃

Nehemiah 13:19: 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:425 of Mova's parse database.

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