Nehemiah 1:6 · JPS 1917
let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and my father's house have sinned.
Who acts: eyes, ear, Thou, I, we, servant · What happens: let, be, hearken, pray, confess, sin · To what, where: ear, prayer, sins, children
This is Nehemiah 1:6 · 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 (eyes, ear, Thou, I), 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 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 ear | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 let | obj |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 attentive | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 attentive | cop |
| 6 | attentive | attentive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 let | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 open | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 open | cc |
| 9 | Thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 let | nsubj |
| 11 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 let | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hearken | punct |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 hearken | mark |
| 14 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 hearken | nsubj |
| 15 | mayest | may | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 16 hearken | aux |
| 16 | hearken | hearken | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 let | advcl |
| 17 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 19 prayer | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prayer | det |
| 19 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hearken | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 servant | case |
| 21 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 servant | nmod:poss |
| 22 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 prayer | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 pray | punct |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 pray | obj |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 pray | nsubj |
| 26 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 prayer | acl:relcl |
| 27 | before | before | ADP | _ | 28 Thee | case |
| 28 | Thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 26 pray | obl |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 time | case |
| 30 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 time | det |
| 31 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 pray | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 day | punct |
| 33 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 pray | obl:unmarked |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 night | cc |
| 35 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 day | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 children | punct |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 children | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 children | det |
| 39 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 pray | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Israel | case |
| 41 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 children | nmod |
| 42 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 servants | nmod:poss |
| 43 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 children | appos |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 confess | punct |
| 45 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 47 confess | mark |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 confess | nsubj |
| 47 | confess | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 hearken | advcl |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 sins | det |
| 49 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 confess | obj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 children | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 children | det |
| 52 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 sins | nmod |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 Israel | case |
| 54 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 children | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 sinned | punct |
| 56 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 sinned | obj |
| 57 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 sinned | nsubj |
| 58 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 sinned | aux |
| 59 | sinned | sin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 52 children | acl:relcl |
| 60 | against | against | ADP | _ | 61 Thee | case |
| 61 | Thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 59 sinned | obl |
| 62 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 72 sinned | punct |
| 63 | yea | yea | INTJ | _ | 72 sinned | discourse |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 yea | punct |
| 65 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 72 sinned | nsubj |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 house | cc |
| 67 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 father | nmod:poss |
| 68 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 house | nmod:poss |
| 69 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 68 father | case |
| 70 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 I | conj |
| 71 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 72 sinned | aux |
| 72 | sinned | sin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 let | parataxis |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 let | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | Thine eyes | Thine ear | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | Thine ear not said here | now | attentive property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | hearken | may | Thou | unto the prayer of Thy servant | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pray | present | I | the prayer of Thy servant | before Thee; day; time | for the children of Israel | tree rules | ||
| 5 | confess | present | I | the sins of the children of Israel | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic | ||||
| 6 | sin | present · perfect | we | the children of Israel | against Thee | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | |||
| 7 | sin | present · perfect | I | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | pray | Thy servant | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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
תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַשֶּׁ֣בֶת וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ פְתֻוּח֟וֹתלִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עַבְדְּךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִי֩ מִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל לְפָנֶ֤יךָ הַיּוֹם֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֣אנוּ לָ֔ךְ וַאֲנִ֥י וּבֵית־אָבִ֖י חָטָֽאנוּ׃
Nehemiah 1:6: 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:6 of Mova's parse database.
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