--- title: 2 Chronicles 7:6 (JPS 1917) — And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made, to give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever, with the praises of David by their hand; and the priests sounded trumpets over against them; and al --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.144/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/7/) / [7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.6/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 7:6 · JPS 1917 And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made, to give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever, with the praises of David by their hand; and the priests sounded trumpets over against them; and all Israel stood. **Who acts:** priests, David, mercy, Israel, hand · **What happens:** stand, accord, make, give, endure, sound over · **To what, where:** LORD, thanks, trumpets, David This is 2 Chronicles 7:6 · 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 (priests, David, mercy, Israel), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:2CH:144 # text = And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made, to give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever, with the praises of David by their hand; and the priests sounded trumpets over against them; and all Israel stood. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 offices office NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Levites Levite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 13 also also ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 instruments instrument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 23 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 31 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 endureth endure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB _ 39 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 praises praise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 56 trumpets trumpet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 57 over over ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 58 against against ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 63 det _ _ 63 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the priests | | | | | accord priests's offices | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | David | the LORD | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | thanks | | | | unto the LORD | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 5 | **endure** | present | David's mercy | | | | | with the praises of David by king's hand | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sound over** | past | the priests | trumpets | | | | against king; over *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location trumpet=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | past | all Israel | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **praise** | | king's hand | David | | | | | nom praise «communication transitive»: of=patient by=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 {#hebrew} וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֞ים עַל־מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֣ם עֹמְדִ֗ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֤יר יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה דָּוִ֣יד הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לְהֹד֤וֹת לַיהוָה֙ כִּֽי־לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּ֔וֹ בְּהַלֵּ֥ל דָּוִ֖יד בְּיָדָ֑ם וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ מַחְצְרִ֣ים נֶגְדָּ֔ם וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֹמְדִֽים׃ס [2 Chronicles 7:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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