--- title: 2 Chronicles 8:9 (JPS 1917) — But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his w… · tree and pragmatics description: But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. 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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 (Solomon, children), 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:169 # text = But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 horsemen horseman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · do-support | Solomon | no servants | | | | of the children of Israel; for Solomon's work | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent servant=Product for work=Asset | | 2 | **is a** | past | children *= child* | men and chief of Solomon's captains and Solomon's horsemen and rulers of Solomon's chariots | | | | of war | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | | Solomon | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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} וּמִן־בְּנֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹא־נָתַ֧ן שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה לַעֲבָדִ֖ים לִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ כִּי־הֵ֜מָּה אַנְשֵׁ֤י מִלְחָמָה֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י שָׁלִישָׁ֔יו וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃פ [2 Chronicles 8:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.8.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:169` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 8:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.168/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 8:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.170/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.8.9/)